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 Naviga (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Commencement of land journey; 3. An account of Cerro Pasco, the district which contains the principal silver mines belonging to Peru; 4. Continuation and difficulties of the land journey; 5. Hospitable reception at Huanuco, and description of that city; 6. Arrival at Pozuzu and desertion of the escort and muleteers, compelling an abandonment of the plan projected; 7. Embarkation in canoes on the Huallaga; 8. Further progress down the river, and visit to the towns of Juan Guerra and Tarapoto; 9. Impetuosity of the river at the Pass of Uraquiyacu, and the passage effected through the trees; 10. Endeavours to persuade the missionary to assist in the ascent of the Ucayali and Pachitea to Mayro; 11. Account of the mission and town of Sarayacu, its inhabitants and their manners; 12. Account of the Indian tribes inhabiting the Pampa and neighbourhood of the Ucayali; 13. Departure from Sarayacu; 14. Arrival at Tabatinga, the frontier town of Brazil; 15. Rio Negro.