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Palms : sentinels for Amazon conservation / Michael Goulding, Nigel Smith

Author:
Goulding, Michael  Search this
Smith, Nigel J. H. 1949-  Search this
Amazon Conservation Association  Search this
Physical description:
356 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Palms  Search this
Palms--Ecology  Search this
Forest ecology  Search this
Palms--Utilization  Search this
Call number:
QK495.P17 G678 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_901211
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Scoping the Amazon : image, icon, ethnography / Stephen Nugent

Author:
Nugent, Stephen (Stephen L.)  Search this
Physical description:
260 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Public opinion  Search this
Europeans--Attitudes  Search this
Indigenous peoples in popular culture  Search this
Indigenous peoples in motion pictures  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902883
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Da chibata ao inferno / Amizael Gomes da Silva

Author:
Silva, Amizael Gomes da 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
100 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Brazil
Amazon River Region
Date:
2001
Topic:
Riots  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F2546 .S55 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_911913
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Pueblos y paisajes antiguos de la selva amazónica / Gaspar Morcote Ríos, Santiago Mora Camargo, Carlos Franky Calvo, editores

Author:
Morcote, Gaspar  Search this
Mora Camargo, Santiago  Search this
Franky Calvo, Carlos E. 1969-  Search this
Physical description:
415 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2006
Topic:
Human ecology  Search this
Indigenous peoples--Ecology  Search this
Paleoecology  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_898855
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Tejidos enigmáticos de la Amazonía peruana : Asháninka, Matsiguenka, Yánesha, Yine = Enigmatic textile art of the Peruvian Amazon / [dirección editorial, Jaime Valentín Coquis ; edición general, Gredna Landolt Pardo ; prólogo, Antonio Brack Egg ; ensayos, Frederica Barclay Rey de Castro ... [et al.] ; fotografía, Roberto Huarcaya ; traducción, Mary Powers]

Title:
Enigmatic textile art of the Peruvian Amazon
Author:
Valentiń Coquis, Jaime  Search this
Landolt, Gredna  Search this
Brack Egg, Antonio  Search this
Barclay, Frederica  Search this
Huarcaya, Roberto 1959-  Search this
Physical description:
151 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 col. map ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Peru
Amazon River Region
Date:
2006
Topic:
Indian textile fabrics  Search this
Textile crafts  Search this
Clothing  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_899327
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Thy will be done : the conquest of the Amazon : Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the age of oil / Gerard Colby with Charlotte Dennett

Author:
Colby, Gerard 1945-  Search this
Dennett, Charlotte  Search this
Subject:
Rockefeller, Nelson A (Nelson Aldrich) 1908-1979  Search this
Townsend, William Cameron 1896-1982  Search this
Wycliffe Bible Translators  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 960 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
South America
Date:
1995
C1995
20th century
Topic:
Petroleum industry and trade--History  Search this
Indians of South America--Missions  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_917476
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Tree of rivers : the story of the Amazon / John Hemming

Author:
Hemming, John 1935-  Search this
Physical description:
368 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2008
Topic:
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_896647
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Fauna da Amazônia brasileira

Author:
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi  Search this
Physical description:
v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Place:
Amazon River Region
Brazil
Date:
2002
C2002-
Topic:
Animals  Search this
Call number:
QL242 .F386
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_719940
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Polarimetric data for tropical forest monitoring : studies at the Colombian Amazon / Marcela Quiñones Fernández

Author:
Quiñones Fernández, Marcela  Search this
Physical description:
184 p., 12 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Colombia
Amazon River Region
Date:
2002
Topic:
Forests and forestry--Remote sensing  Search this
Artificial satellites in forestry  Search this
Radar in forestry  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_896421
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The enchanted Amazon rain forest : stories from a vanishing world / Nigel J.H. Smith

Author:
Smith, Nigel J. H. 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Folklore
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
Folklore  Search this
Nature--Effect of human beings on  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_910875
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Deutsche am Amazonas Forscher oder Abenteurer? : Expeditionen in Brasilien 1800 bis 1914 / [Redaktion, Anita Hermannstädter]

Author:
Hermannstädter, Anita  Search this
Ethnologisches Museum Berlin  Search this
Brasilianisches Kulturinstitut in Berlin  Search this
Subject:
Koch-Grünberg, Theodor 1872-1924 Ethnological collections  Search this
Steinen, Karl von den 1855-1929 Ethnological collections  Search this
Physical description:
139 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Germany
Date:
2002
C2002
Topic:
Ethnological expeditions--History  Search this
Ethnological museums and collections--History  Search this
Material culture  Search this
Antiquities--Collectors and collecting  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_716084
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Alternativas a la deforestación / Anthony Anderson, coordinador

Author:
Anderson, Anthony B (Anthony Bennett) 1950-  Search this
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi  Search this
Physical description:
416 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
1990
Topic:
Deforestation--Control  Search this
Sustainable forestry  Search this
Rain forest ecology  Search this
Forest management  Search this
Rural development  Search this
Call number:
SD418.3.A53 A52618 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_725318
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Amazônia : ciclos de modernidade / curador = curator, Paulo Herkenhoff

Author:
Herkenhoff, Paulo  Search this
Physical description:
199 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Brazil
Amazon River Region
Date:
2012
[2012]
Topic:
Art  Search this
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1050886
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The lost lady of the Amazon : the story of Isabela Godin and her epic journey / Anthony Smith

Author:
Smith, Anthony 1926-  Search this
Subject:
Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison b. 1728? Travel  Search this
Godin des Odonais, Jean 1712-1792 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 197 p. : maps, port., facsims. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
South America
Amazon River Region
Date:
2003
18th century
Topic:
Adventure and adventurers  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_912352
view Geschichte der zehenjährigen Reisen der Mitglieder der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Paris : vornemlich des Herrn de la Condamine nach Peru in America in den Jahren 1735 bis 1745, worinne ausser verschiedenen Nachrichten von der gegenwärtigen Beschaffenheit der spanischen Colonien in America, und einer vollständigen Beschreibung des berühmten Amazonenflusses, auch noch verschiedene und besond... digital asset number 1
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Geschichte der zehenjährigen Reisen der Mitglieder der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Paris : vornemlich des Herrn de la Condamine nach Peru in America in den Jahren 1735 bis 1745, worinne ausser verschiedenen Nachrichten von der gegenwärtigen Beschaffenheit der spanischen Colonien in America, und einer vollständigen Beschreibung des berühmten Amazonenflusses, auch noch verschiedene und besond...

Title:
Reisendes de La Condamine DSI
Author:
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de 1701-1774  Search this
J. C. S  Search this
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de 1701-1774 Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi à l'équateur German Selections  Search this
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de 1701-1774 Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique méridionale German Selections  Search this
Wafer, Lionel 1660?-1705? New voyage and description of the isthmus of America German Selections  Search this
Former owner:
Stolberg, Christian Ernst Prinz 1691-1771 DSI  Search this
Sturtevant, William C. DSI  Search this
Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[12], 272 p., [1] leaf of plates : port., plan ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
South America
Panama
Amazon River Region
Date:
1763
Topic:
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2546 .L154 1763
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_898568
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Time and memory in indigenous Amazonia : anthropological perspectives / edited by Carlos Fausto and Michael Heckenberger

Author:
Fausto, Carlos  Search this
Heckenberger, Michael  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 322 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Indian philosophy--History  Search this
Psychology  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Time--Social aspects  Search this
Memory--Social aspects  Search this
Social change  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_899474
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Amazon insects : a photo guide / by James L. Castner

Author:
Castner, James L  Search this
Physical description:
160 p. : col. ill. ; 13 x 15 cm
Type:
Guidebooks
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Insects  Search this
Call number:
QL481.A45 C37 2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_910934
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Pre-Columbian Amazonia / Betty J. Meggers

Title:
Prehistoric cultural development in Amazonia : an archaeological perspective
Author:
Meggers, Betty Jane  Search this
Physical description:
pages 398-421 : color illustrations, maps ; c28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
1994
Topic:
Indians of South America--Foreign influences  Search this
Cultural relations  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
F2516.1.A6 M44 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1055484
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Taxonomy, chorology, speciation, and conservation in a heterogeneous Amazonia : case-studies in the flowering-plant family Melastomataceae / by Leif Schulman

Author:
Schulman, Leif  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Classification
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2003
Topic:
Plant ecophysiology  Search this
Plant species  Search this
Biodiversity conservation  Search this
Melastomataceae  Search this
Melastomataceae--Speciation  Search this
Call number:
QK717 .S38 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_920480
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Ornaments and ethno-history in the Amazon : proposition of a methodological model / Gustaaf Hubert Verswijver

Title:
Ornaments and ethno history in the Amazon
Author:
Verswijver, Gustaaf  Search this
Rijksuniversiteit te Gent Seminarie voor Etnische Kunst  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : ill., map ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
1993
Topic:
Material culture  Search this
Ethnohistory  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Ethnology--Methodology  Search this
Cayapo featherwork  Search this
Call number:
F2520.1.C45 V56 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_487335

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