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Sandeman, Christopher

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

1939

84,60 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1939
Lieu d'édition
London. Oxford University Press
Auteur
Sandeman, Christopher
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - South America Plant Hunting
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

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.