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A relation of the great river of Amazons in South Americabook chapter 1698 • Cristóbal de, Cristóbal de b.1597
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
This is an early English translation of Acuña's description of his journey down the Amazon River in 1639. Acuña was a Jesuit priest attached to the Jesuit College at Cuence, Peru, who was ordered to accompany the Portuguese General Texeira on his exp...