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The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes — Thomas Whiffen

The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes

Thomas Whiffen

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 358 pages

The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes is Thomas Whiffen’s travel and ethnographic account of journeys in the upper Amazon in 1908 and 1909. He records encounters with Indigenous communities between the Issa and Apaporis rivers, their customs, and ways of life. It is valuable as a document of exploration and the perspectives of its time.

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Contents

  1. THE NORTH-WEST AMAZONS
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
  6. CHAPTER II
  7. CHAPTER III
  8. CHAPTER IV
  9. CHAPTER V
  10. CHAPTER VI
  11. CHAPTER VII
  12. CHAPTER VIII
  13. CHAPTER IX
  14. CHAPTER X
  15. CHAPTER XI
  16. CHAPTER XII
  17. CHAPTER XIII
  18. CHAPTER XIV
  19. CHAPTER XV
  20. CHAPTER XVI
  21. CHAPTER XVII
  22. CHAPTER XVIII
  23. CHAPTER XIX
  24. CHAPTER XX
  25. APPENDICES
  26. FOOTNOTES
  27. LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO
  28. INDEX
  29. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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