Born in Quito under the smoking peak of Pichincha, the narrator grows up among school friends in Ecuador before setting out with companions across the Cordilleras. Reaching the head of the Amazon, the party begins a long river voyage through forest and native villages, beset by danger, disappointment and a wealth of natural history.
Classic Victorian boys’ adventure crammed with jungle wildlife, from the author of Peter the Whaler. Download the free EPUB.