Mother of God : an extraordinary journey into the uncharted tributaries of the western Amazon / Paul Rosolie.

Title:

ISBN:

9780062259516

Personal Author:

Rosolie, Paul

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Harper, [2014]

Physical Description:

x, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm

Summary:

The explorer and conservationist relives his amazing odyssey exploring the heart of the most biodiversity-rich place on the planet -- the Madre de Dios (Mother of God) region of Peru, where the Amazon River begins its massive flow from the Andean mountain cloud forests into the lowland Amazon rainforest.

Personal Subject:

Rosolie, Paul-Travel-Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)

Rosolie, Paul-Travel-Peru

Rosolie, Paul-Travel-Amazon River Region

Geographic Term:

Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia) -- Description and travel

Peru -- Description and travel

Amazon River Region -- Description and travel

Subject Term:

Rain forest ecology--Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)

Forest biodiversity conservation--Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)

Indians of South America--Madre de Dios River Valley (Peru and Bolivia)