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River of Darkness
River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon | Buddy Levy
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From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history�s greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary (…more)
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How any expeditions in the 16th century actually managed to survive going down the Amazon is absolutely beyond me. Everything could kill them, yet people actually made it back alive. Amazing. Even more amazing would have been to see what South America would have been like today without the explorers, colonization and disease. What this author could perhaps have given a bit more attention to are the atrocities committed by these men...

Louise What an immense undertaking for the writer, too! The amount of research involved must have been staggering and, perhaps, seductive-- when would one know enough to begin writing?! 🤔 8y
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What good Christians they were! And this is the most decent of the two conquistadors this book deals with.

Libby1 Lovely. 😖 8y
Suet624 Jeesh. 8y
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