2013, ISBN: 1491016205

[EAN: 9781491016206], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. The blood-red sun was sinking beyond the distant Geral Mountains, when a canoe… More...

[EAN: 9781491016206], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. The blood-red sun was sinking beyond the distant Geral Mountains, when a canoe, containing four white men and three natives, came to a halt a thousand miles from the mighty Amazon, in the upper waters of the Xingu River, near the great table-land of Matto Grosso. It was hard work, forcing the long shallow boat against the rapid current of the stream, whose unknown source is somewhere among the famous diamond regions of Brazil. It was plain sailing for three hundred leagues from the Amazon, from whose majestic volume the little party of explorers had turned southward more than a month before. The broad sail, which was erected in the centre of the craft, swept it smoothly along over the narrowing bosom of the Xingu, between luxuriant forests and past tribes of strange-looking Indians, who stood on the banks staring wonderingly at the extraordinary beings, the like of which many of them had never seen before.<

2013, ISBN: 1491016205

[EAN: 9781491016206], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.The blood-red sun was sinking beyond the distant Geral Mountains, when a canoe,… More...

[EAN: 9781491016206], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.The blood-red sun was sinking beyond the distant Geral Mountains, when a canoe, containing four white men and three natives, came to a halt a thousand miles from the mighty Amazon, in the upper waters of the Xingu River, near the great table-land of Matto Grosso. It was hard work, forcing the long shallow boat against the rapid current of the stream, whose unknown source is somewhere among the famous diamond regions of Brazil. It was plain sailing for three hundred leagues from the Amazon, from whose majestic volume the little party of explorers had turned southward more than a month before. The broad sail, which was erected in the centre of the craft, swept it smoothly along over the narrowing bosom of the Xingu, between luxuriant forests and past tribes of strange-looking Indians, who stood on the banks staring wonderingly at the extraordinary beings, the like of which many of them had never seen before.<

ISBN: 9781491016206

Edward Sylvester Ellis,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ Classics Land-of-Mystery~~Edward-Sylvester-Ellis Cre… More...

Edward Sylvester Ellis,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ Classics Land-of-Mystery~~Edward-Sylvester-Ellis CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform<