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Dyott, G. M.

Silent Highways of the Jungle; Being the Adventures of an Explorer in the Andes and along the Upper Reaches of the Amazon

1922

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Year of publication
1922
Place of printing
New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons
Author
Dyott, G. M.
Edition
First American edition.
Keyword
Travel - South America Native Peoples
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; x, 11- 320 pp, 38 illustrations and plates (complete) including frontis, all from photos, mostly full page, map. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, a few pages with minor marginal foxing, else clean near fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting narrative of travels on the eastern slope of the Andes in the Amazon jungles of Peru, with the original purpose to ascertain the feasibility of aerial transportation in the remote areas. The author describes the area including the Muratos Indians from the Pastaza river, with his illustrations including some shrunken heads. The second edition of 1924 had only half the illustrations. Spain & Spanish America 224.