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First edition. An account, written for older children, by the wife of an American explorer who was sent by the Museum of the American Indian to the jungles of British Guiana to collect artifacts and learn about the Indians there. Includes chapters on Indian medicine, the use of plants, etc. A title in the New World Neighbors series. Illustrated in both full color and black and white by Wada Jap. Glossary. 56 pp Very good in blue cloth with illustrated pastedown on front cover, map endpapers (prev owner's name stamped on endpaper.) .

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