[SunkenCiv]

 

Francisco de Orellana's 1541 expedition down the Amazon River, American engraving, 1848.

[marktwain]

I read most of his journal descending the Amazon for the first time. Extreme danger, lots of very fearsome natives on the last half of the river.

[EyeInThePyramid]

Buddy Levy wrote an excellent book on Orellana’s expedition titled “River of Darkness”.

[Verginius Rufus]

This was almost 20 years earlier than the trip down the Amazon depicted in the movie Aguirre, the Wrath of God.