A Forgotten River; A Book of Peruvian Travel and Botanical Notes

1939

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Year of publication

1939

Place of printing

London. Oxford University Press

Author

Sandeman, Christopher

Edition

First edition.

Keyword

Travel - South America Plant Hunting

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 299 pp, frontis (port), 2 maps, including one foldout, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering in gilt border, endpaper signature, endpaper lightly toned, interior is clean and near fine, in very good+ cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Based on three month's travel on the Huallage River, an Amazon tributary, from its source at 14,000 feet in the Andes to Yurimaguas at 500 feet sea level and the return to the Pacific by the ancient trade route through northern Peru. The author, a distinguished gardener, discovered a new genus of plants and several new species. There is much on the scenery, native people, camp life, etc. Good illustrations including the orchid Sobralia gloriosa growing beside the Yana-yacu River.