Secret Cities of Old South AmericaThis is a reprint of the rare and long out of print 1952 classic by the noted British adventure writer, famed for his flying saucer and Atlantis theories. Claiming that South America is the Atlantis of myth and legend, this marvellous reprint includes chapters on: Atlantis unveiled; red riddle on the rocks; South America's Amazons; the mystery of El Dorado; Gran Payatiti -- the final refuge of the Incas; monstrous beasts of the unexplored swamps and wilds; weird denizens of antediluvian forests; new light on Atlantis from the world's oldest book; the mystery of Noah and the Ark. |
Contents
MYSTERIES OF A LOST WORLD | 11 |
IEREATLANTIS UNVEILED | 62 |
RED RIDDLES ON THE ROCKS | 113 |
SOUTH AMERICAS AMAZONS EXISTED | 125 |
THE MYSTERY OF EL DORADO GRAN PAYTITI | 198 |
MONSTROUS BEASTS OF | 258 |
WEIRD DENIZENS OF ANTEDILUVIAN FORESTS | 332 |
NEW LIGHT ON ATLANTIS FROM | 357 |
THE MYSTERY OF OLD MAN NOAH | 397 |
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6X9 PAPERBACK adventure Amazons ancient South America animals antediluvian Ararat Atlantean Atlantis Brazil Brazilian Brazilian Highlands British cacique called Caribs cataclysm cave Central century Colombia conquistadores continent cordilleras curare curious dead cities Deluge dinosaur Dorado earth east Easter Island Egypt Egyptian El Dorado expedition explorers Fawcett feet forests Fray Frisian giant glyphs gold Gran Paytiti Guiana Historia Hy-Brazil Inca Indians Indiós island jungle king lake land lived mammoth manuscript Marañon mastodon Matto Grosso megalithic Mexican Mexico missioners modern monk monster mountains mysterious myths native North ocean Oera Linda Boek old Atlantis old Frisian old Spain Omaguas Orinoco Pacific Perú prehistoric priests pueblo Quetzalcoatl Quito race region river rock Roman saurians seen ship soldiers Soleto South America Spaniards story strange temple to-day told traditions trail tree tribes unknown West wild women
References to this book
Diccionario mitológico americano, Volume 1 Héctor V. Morel,José Dalí Moral No preview available - 1978 |