Mother of God : an extraordinary journey into the uncharted tributaries of the western Amazon / Paul Rosolie.

The explorer and conservationist relives his amazing odyssey exploring the heart of the most biodiversity-rich place on the planet -- the Madre de Dios (Mother of God) region of Peru, where the Amazon River begins its massive flow from the Andean mountain cloud forests into the lowland Amazon rainfo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosolie, Paul (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Rosolie, Paul > Travel > Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)
Rosolie, Paul > Travel > Peru.
Rosolie, Paul > Travel > Amazon River Region.
Rain forest ecology > Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)
Forest biodiversity conservation > Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)
Indigenous peoples of South America > Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)
Natural history > Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)
Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia) > Description and travel.
Peru > Description and travel.
Amazon River Region > Description and travel.
NonFiction.
Adventure > Travel > Wilderness.
Nature.
Genre:
NonFiction.
Adventure
Nature.
Physical Description:x, 306 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Uncharted tributaries of the western Amazon.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The age of innocence. The jaguar ; Restless ; Into the Amazon ; Jungle law ; The giant ; The basin of life ; The descent ; The wild gang ; Anaconderos ; The floating forest
  • The battle of the Amazon. The other side ; The beached-whale paradox ; Storm solo ; Poaching poachers ; The launch ; The Western gate ; At world's end ; The river.