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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
That I have been able to penetrate into part of [South America's]
unexplored interior, and visit tribes of people hitherto untouched
and unknown, was urged as sufficient reason for the publishing of
this work. In perils oft, through hunger and thirst and fever,
consequent on the many wanderings in unhealthy climes herein
recorded, the writer has also had many pleasant as well as strange
experiences. -from the Preface He was a Fellow of the Royal
Geographic Society, the "Livingstone of South America," and
"Official Explorer for the Bolivian Government.,." a title he
wrangled for himself. A real-life Indiana Jones and sometime
missionary, George Whitfield Ray landed in Bolivia in 1889, the
first of many trips across "the darkest land" of South America,
though Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Uruguay. In this
reproduction of the twenty-fifth edition of his wildly popular
adventures, Ray regales us with his own derring-do -- whether he's
coming face to face with angry crocodiles over raging rivers,
attending audiences with tribal kings in remote villages, coming
under attack by vampire bats, or reveling at gaudy street festivals
in ancient cities, Ray's enthusiasm for his own audacity and
intrepidness is infectiously endearing.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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