Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon : Undertaken with a View of Ascertaining the Practicability of a Navigable Communication with the Atlantic, by the Rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon

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In 1834–5 two British naval officers travelled across the Andes and down the Amazon. Their objective was to explore the river Pachitea in Peru and evaluate its potential as a gateway to the Atlantic. This account, published in 1836, includes fascinating information about the indigenous peoples they encountered.