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A first-person travel account traces overland and river journeys from Pacific ports across arid coastal deserts and Andean highlands into the upper Amazon, combining vivid descriptions of mountain passes, mule and llama trails, frontier towns, and long river drifts. Episodes include risky river rapids and portages, encounters and collaborations with several indigenous groups, hazards of rubber-country camps, bandit ambushes and uprisings, and the logistical feats of moving cargo and bateaux toward remote falls before the narrator returns home.
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