![]() "In Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition, author Buddy Levy offers an engaging, superbly written, and meticulously researched chronicle of the Greely expedition that proves it is one of the most engaging adventure narratives ever. Desperate, Orellana and the remaining conquistadors built a large boat and sailed downriver." ![]() The two explorers became separated and the expedition quickly became lost in the jungle, then decimated by disease, starvation, and native attacks. After plundering the Inca empire, Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisco Orellana set out from Quito with an expedition of soldiers and Indian slaves in search of El Dorado. "In this fluid account, Levy narrates the story of the conquistadors who become the first Europeans to navigate the length of the Amazon River. ![]() ![]() With a new introduction, the acclaimed author of Conquistador and Labyrinth of Ice charts one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery, a legendary 16th-century explorer’s death-defying navigation of the Amazon, river of darkness and pathway to gold―the first complete exploration of the world’s largest river by a European. ![]()
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