River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon (Hardcover)

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Excellent reconstruction of one of the most fascinating voyages during the Age of Discovery. In fact, they did not set out to travel the length of the Amazon (a river yet named), but literally got swept away by it. They had no idea such a large river would go for 1000s of miles, assuming it must ...

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Levy brings people, places, and events vividly to life in this riveting tale of brutality, greed, adventure, and survival.

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Buddy Levy's most recent two books have been histories focused on the Spanish conquest of the new world. With his latest release, "River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon," he's shown to be a master of taking complex historical events and cr...

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Levy is an excellent storyteller, and can take printed primary and secondary sources and synthesize them like no other. His recounting of Cortés's conquest of Mexico is brilliantly executed (if you want deep analysis, go with Thomas) and this storytelling of Orellana's voyage down the Amazon is s...

from tuckerresearch

Levy is an excellent storyteller, and can take printed primary and secondary sources and synthesize them like no other. His recounting of Cortés's conquest of Mexico is brilliantly executed (if you want deep analysis, go with Thomas) and this storytelling of Orellana's voyage down the Amazon is s...