THE LOWER AMAZON. A NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS IN THE LITTLE KNOWN REGIONS OF THE STAT OF PARA, ON THE LOWER AMAZON . . .

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468pp. Blue buckram with gold lettering stamped front cover and across the spine; illustrated; maps, one folding-out. Small bump lower right front corner; pristine interior with no oxidation; binding tight with no hinge issues. Quoting from the Introduction, by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, p. v: "The Tocantins [River] is a very large stream generally rated as a part of the Amazon system but actually an independent river. It does not join the Amazon at all, though at its mouth their waters are mingled, the Amazon sending, through channels behind Maraj? Island, a portion, a small portion, of its volume to the sea by what is called the Par? River, which is, in reality, the mouth of the Tocantins. Between this estuary, or river, of Par? and the true mouth of the Amazon far to the north, lies the island called Maraj?, somewhat larger than Jamaica, occupied in prehistoric times by an Amerindian tribe which, vanishing, left, to mark their former presence, a quantity of pottery of an excellence of design and ornament which indicates that here was a centre of advanced Amerindian culture. In the Appendix, Mr. Lange gives a large number of words he obtained, which, with his photographs and his descriptions, make a valuable contribution to the ethnology of the district. . . N° de ref. del artículo 5895

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