Tree of Rivers The Story of the Amazon

Name: Tree of Rivers The Story of the Amazon
Price: 14.95 USD
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ISBN: 9780500288207

ISBN-10: 0500288208

ISBN-13: 9780500288207

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Hemming

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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 11/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.30" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Formerly the Director of the Royal Geographical Society in London, John Hemming has traveled in and written extensively about the Amazon region. His previous books include Tree of Rivers.




Arrival of Strangers



Anarchy on the Amazon



The Empty River



Directorate to Cabanagem



A Naturalist’s Paradise



The Rubber Boom



The Black Side of Rubber



Explorers and Indians



Archaeologists Find Early Man



Planes, Chainsaws and Bulldozers



The Largest River in the Largest Forest


MAPS


First descents of the Amazon River


The Colonial Era and Cabanagem


Routes of nineteenth century naturalists


The rubber boom


The twentieth century, and archaeological sites


Protected areas and highways


References


Picture Credits


Index