Author: Frederico José de Santa-Anna NeryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Land of the Amazons
Author: Frederico José de Santa-Anna NeryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Land of the Amazons
Author: Frederico José de Santa-Anna NeryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Land of the Amazons
Author: George HumpheryPublisher:
ISBN: 9789354015830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Land of the Amazons
Author: Frederico Jose De Santa-Anna NeryPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781359224125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
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The Land of the Amazons
Author: George HumpheryPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331030645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Excerpt from The Land of the Amazons: Translated From the French of Baron De Santa-Anna Nery Much has been written upon the subject of the King of the Rivers of the World and the Queen of the Provinces of Brazil. A new work on these regions might at first sight appear superfluous; this, however, is not the case, and we will endeavour to prove its utility. M. Renan states that in order to speak with any authority on religion, one must have believed and then lost one's faith - and we may say that to describe well the enchanted land of the Amazons, it is necessary to have seen much of it and to have left it for some time. In order to be able to describe with any fidelity the marvels of this country, a writer must have an intimate knowledge and a vivid remembrance thereof, and these can hardly be attained unless he has been born and bred in the midst of these vast solitudes, so as to have their natural magnificence engraved, as it were, upon his very soul. For a man to describe and sing the praises of his country he must penetrate to the very depths of his being, and probe, as it were, to his very soul. And when our destiny has removed us far from the land of our birth, with what vividness do we not recall across great intervals of time and space the places and people associated with our childhood! With what powerful emotion do we not feel the need of reproducing the scenes of the past and the beauteous visions of days gone by! Travellers who simply journey across a country have not these advantages. They remain cold or one-sided. If they write with enthusiasm, it is imaginary rather than heartfelt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Last of the Amazons
Author: Steven PressfieldPublisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553897713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession. The author of the international bestsellers Gates of Fire and Tides of War delivers his most gripping and imaginative novel of the ancient world–a stunning epic of love and war that breathes life into the grand myth of the ferocious female warrior culture of the Amazons. Steven Pressfield has gained a passionate worldwide following for his magnificent novels of ancient Greece, Gates of Fire and Tides of War. In Last of the Amazons, Pressfield has surpassed himself, re-creating a vanished world in a brilliant novel that will delight his loyal readers and bring legions more to his singular and powerful restoration of the past. In the time before Homer, the legendary Theseus, King of Athens (an actual historical figure), set sail on a journey that brought him into the land of tal Kyrte, the “free people,” a nation of proud female warriors whom the Greeks called “Amazons.” The Amazons, bound to each other as lovers as well as fighters, distrusted the Greeks, with their boastful talk of “civilization.” So when the great war queen Antiope fell in love with Theseus and fled with the Greeks, the mighty Amazon nation rose up in rage. Last of the Amazons is not merely a masterful tale of war and revenge. Pressfield has created a cast of extraordinarily vivid characters, from the unforgettable Selene, whose surrender to the Greeks does nothing to tame her; to her lover, Damon, an Athenian warrior who grows to cherish the wild Amazon ways; to the narrator, Bones, a young girl from a noble family who was nursed by Selene from birth and secretly taught the Amazon way; to the great Theseus, the tragic king; and to Antiope, the noble queen who betrayed tal Kyrte for the love of Theseus. With astounding immediacy and extraordinary attention to military detail, Pressfield transports readers into the heat and terror of war. Equally impressive is his creation of the Amazon nation, its people, its rituals and myths, its greatness and savagery. Last of the Amazons is thrilling on every page, an epic tale of the clash between wildness and civilization, patriotism and love, man and woman.
The Lost History of the Amazons
Author: Gerhard PollauerPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1446193055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
In SEARCH of the HISTORY of the AMAZONS. This book attempts to look at the phenomenon of Amazons from all sides, in order to shed more light on it and bring us close to its explanation. To fathom this legend, it is necessary first of all to refer to its earliest tradition that forms the foundation, without which the solution itself would be inconceivable. In the following, we look beyond the narrow confines of classic antiquity, to find where else in the world such Amazon-like myths exist. Our next step will be to moot different approaches to the question of Amazons. A central theme is the archeological research and our on-site investigation in those regions which are considered to have been the homelands of the Amazons, namely the land of the river Thermodon and Lemnos Island. According to this latest investigation, the lost history of the Amazons can be reconstructed.
The Land of the Czar
Author: O. W. WahlPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Lost History of the Amazons
Author: Gerhard PollauerPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1446193055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
In SEARCH of the HISTORY of the AMAZONS. This book attempts to look at the phenomenon of Amazons from all sides, in order to shed more light on it and bring us close to its explanation. To fathom this legend, it is necessary first of all to refer to its earliest tradition that forms the foundation, without which the solution itself would be inconceivable. In the following, we look beyond the narrow confines of classic antiquity, to find where else in the world such Amazon-like myths exist. Our next step will be to moot different approaches to the question of Amazons. A central theme is the archeological research and our on-site investigation in those regions which are considered to have been the homelands of the Amazons, namely the land of the river Thermodon and Lemnos Island. According to this latest investigation, the lost history of the Amazons can be reconstructed.
The Rubber Country of the Amazon
Author: Henry Clemens PearsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A detailed description of the great rubber industry of the Amazon Valley, which comprises the Brazilian States of Pará, Amazonas and Matto Grosso, the Territory of the Acre, the Montaña of Peru and Bolivia, and the Southern portions of Colombia and Venezuela.