viii, 326 pages :illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ;24 cm
Map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Gates of Hell --Somewhere in the Americas --The Devil Had Killed Him --A Land of Cruel Jungles --One of the Few Remaining Mysteries --The Heart of Darkness --The Fish That Swallowed the Whale --Lasers in the Jungle --Something Nobody Had Done --The Most Dangerous Place on the Planet --Uncharted Territory --No Coincidences --Fer-de-Lance --Don't Pick the Flowers --Human Hands --I'm Going Down --A Bewitchment Place --Quagmire --Controversy --The Cave of the Glowing Skulls --The Symbol of Death --They Came to Wither the Flowers --White Leprosy --The National Institutes of Health --An Isolated Species --La Ciudad del Jaguar --We Became Orphans.
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston takes readers on an adventure deep into the Honduran jungle in this riveting, danger-filled true story about the discovery of an ancient lost civilization"--Provided by publisher.
1.Preston, Douglas J.--Travel--Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)1.Cities and towns, Ancient--Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)2.Extinct cities--Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)3.Indians of Central America--Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)--Antiquities.Dynamic Details