THE NORTH-WEST AMAZONS: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes.

Whiffen, Thomas.

Published by Duffield and Co.,, 1915

About this Item

319 pp. First U.S. edition. Dark blue buckram; gilt stamped spine; 54 plates (black and white photographs and diagrams); 5 maps (as specified in the contents), 2 in the text, 1 small, pristine, fold-out diagrammatic map of the Issa-Japura central watershed showing language groups and 2 large, pristine, 80 x 50 cm. fold-out maps of the Northern Affluents of the Amazon and the Northwest Affluents of the Amazon River. Binding tight; boards with minor edge wear; no dust jacket; internally fine. The area of Whiffen's exploration was the Issa-Japura central watershed with the following indigenous language groups: Karohone, Andoke, Muenane, Okaina, Boro, Nonuya, Resigero, Menimehe, Maku, and Kuretu. Quoting the Preface, In presenting to the public the results of my journey through the lands about the upper waters of the Amazon, I make no pretence of challenging conclusions drawn by such experienced scientists as Charles Waterton, Alfred Russel Wallace, Richard Spruce, and Henry Walter Bates, nor to compete with the indefatigable industry of those recent explorers Dr. Koch Grünberg and Dr. Hamilton Rice. . . Size: 23 x 15 x 5 cm. 0.0.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE NORTH-WEST AMAZONS: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes.
• Publisher: Duffield and Co.,
• Publication Date: 1915
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good