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Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods
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Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods Hardcover - 2000

by Christopher Shaw


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At the border of Mexico and Guetamala lies the Usumacinta river. The river and its tributaries form the region that once supported the achievements of the Maya. Shaw has travelled these rivers by canoe, his story brings together the thrill of adventure travel and the acute eye of the naturalist.

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DRIVING EAST FROM VERACRUZ, YOU COME DOWN OUT OF THE green volcanic Tuxtla Mountains immediately onto the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a torrid flatland of savannas and wetlands traced with estuaries, shallow lakes, and slow-moving rivers.

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  • Title Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods
  • Author Christopher Shaw
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 316
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date August 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780393048377 / 0393048373
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.54 x 6.46 x 1.15 in (24.23 x 16.41 x 2.92 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Lacandon Indians - Social life and customs, Usumacinta River Valley (Guatemala and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00-37221
  • Dewey Decimal Code 972.6
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