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Dyott, G. M.

On the Trail of the Unknown; In the Wilds of Ecuador and the Amazon

1926

90,24 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1926
Luogo di stampa
London. Thornton Butterworth
Autore
Dyott, G. M.
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - South America Native Peoples
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 288 pp, frontis, numerous illustrations from photos, map showing author's route, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, a little stain on top outer edge, quarter inch of spine head rubbed, very good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author of Silent Highways in the Jungle and of Man-Hunting in the Jungle, in Search of Colonel Fawcett, describes in this work his climbing Sangai (Sangay) and Tungurahuaa (which he describes as an ugly heap of rocks and snow), but its currently an active volcano, and then describes his stay among the headhunters (he calls them head shrinkers) of the Amazon and travel by jungle and river to Sumacu, with interesting illustrations (including one of village of Banos, now a thriving tourist town, but then with only straw-roofed huts).