"Fragoso at Tabatinga." Art by L. Benett for Jules Verne's "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" (1881)
This adventure novel involves how Joam Garral, a ranch owner who lives near the Peruvian-Brazilian border on the Amazon River, is forced to travel downstream when his past catches up with him. Most of the novel is situated on a large jangada (a Brazilian timber raft) that is used by Garral and his family to float to Belem at the river's mouth. Many aspects of the raft , scenery, and journey are described in detail and the novel features illustrations by Leon Benett.
"Fragoso at Tabatinga." Art by L. Benett for Jules Verne's "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" (1881)
This adventure novel involves how Joam Garral, a ranch owner who lives near the Peruvian-Brazilian border on the Amazon River, is forced to travel downstream when his past catches up with him. Most of the novel is situated on a large jangada (a Brazilian timber raft) that is used by Garral and his family to float to Belem at the river's mouth. Many aspects of the raft , scenery, and journey are described in detail and the novel features illustrations by Leon Benett.