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“james e bender”

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  • Cangalli: An American Company Searches for an Ancient River of Gold

    by James E. Bender ...
    Four hundred years of gold mining history took place in an area of the Tipuani Gold District of Bolivia. One small Denver gold mining company was convinced that their 5,000 acre gold claim held evidence of an ancient river system containing large amounts of gold. Modern technology of today was able to remove the gold from this ancient river and the Tipuani River. A theory held in question by ... Read more

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  • Cangalli An American Company Searches for an Ancient River of Gold

    by James E. Bender ...
    Four hundred years of mining history in the Tipuani gold district of Bolivia. Had convinced a small Denver explorer that their 5,000 acre Bolivian property had showed evidence of an ancient river system holding large amounts of gold. Authorities questioned the theory. The company was determined to approve them all wrong. True story recorded by the author who later became a shareholder. ... Read more

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  • Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

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  • In Patagonia

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    The masterpiece of travel writing that revolutionized the genre and made its author famous overnightAn exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land, Bruce Chatwin’s exquisite account of his journey through Patagonia teems with evocative descriptions, remarkable bits of history, and unforgettable anecdotes. Fueled by an unmistakable lust for life and ... Read more

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  • The Illuminati

    by Mark Naples ...
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  • The Discovery and Conquest of Peru

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    by Pedro de Cieza de Leon ...
    Series series Chronicles of the New World Encounter
    Dazzled by the sight of the vast treasure of gold and silver being unloaded at Seville’s docks in 1537, a teenaged Pedro de Cieza de León vowed to join the Spanish effort in the New World, become an explorer, and write what would become the earliest historical account of the conquest of Peru. Available for the first time in English, this history of Peru is based largely on interviews with Cieza’s ... Read more

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  • Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon

    by John Hemming ...
    The thrilling stories of the three pioneering English naturalists’ explorations and discoveries in the world’s richest ecosystemOne hundred and fifty years ago, the young naturalists Alfred Wallace, Henry Walter Bates, and Richard Spruce were on a journey. Their destination, Amazonia—the world’s largest tropical forest with the greatest river system and richest ecosystem—was then an almost ... Read more

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  • Paradise in Chains

    The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia

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    Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony.The story of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men's survival on the open ocean for 48 days and 3,618 miles has become the stuff of legend. But few realize that Bligh's escape across the seas was ... Read more

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  • Rainforest Cowboys

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    For many years, scholars of the conquest worked to shift focus away from the Spanish perspective and bring attention to the often-ignored voices and viewpoints of the Indians. But recent work that highlights the “Indian conquistadors” has forced scholars to reexamine the simple categories of conqueror and subject and to acknowledge the seemingly contradictory roles assumed by native peoples who ... Read more

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