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His metier was the American tropics, and he had lived all over Latin America and among the primitive tribes on the Amazon river.
As a naturalist living for two years at the headwaters of the Amazon, he had collected specimens for Mexican museums, and he had taken to the London zoo a live quetzal, the sacred bird of the old Mayans.
The family Plethodontidae are also found in Central and South America north of the Amazon Basin.
One of the few Inca sites the Spanish never found in their conquest was Machu Picchu, which lay hidden on a peak on the eastern edge of the Andes where they descend to the Amazon.
The largest is the near-threatened Melanosuchus niger, the Jacare-assu, Large, or Black Caiman of the Amazon River basin.
Wallace did extensive fieldwork, first in the Amazon River basin and then in the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the Wallace Line that divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts, one in which animals closely related to those of Australia are common, and one in which the species are largely of Asian origin.
Amazon preparing for a battle ( Queen Antiop or Armed Venus ), by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert 1860 ( National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. )
In Roman historiography, there are various accounts of Amazon raids in Asia Minor.
Amazon wearing trousers and carrying a shield with an attached patterned cloth and a quiver.
In some versions of the myth, no men were permitted to have sexual encounters or reside in Amazon country ; but once a year, in order to prevent their race from dying out, they visited the Gargareans, a neighbouring tribe.
The tomb of Myrine is mentioned in the Iliad ; later interpretation made of her an Amazon: according to Diodorus, Queen Myrine led her Amazons to victory against Libya and much of Gorgon.
In some versions, however, Theseus marries Hippolyta and in others, he marries Antiope and she does not die ; by this marriage with the Amazon Theseus had a son Hippolytus.
* Andromache, an Amazon who fought Heracles and was defeated ; only known from vase paintings.
* Ephesos, a Lydian Amazon, after whom the city of Ephesus was thought to have been named ; she was also said to have been the first to honor Artemis and to have surnamed the goddess Ephesia.
* Gryne, an Amazon who was thought to be the eponym of the Gryneian grove in Asia Minor.
* Hippo, an Amazon who took part in the introduction of religious rites in honor of the goddess Artemis.
* Molpadia, an Amazon who killed Antiope.
* Themiscyra, the eponym of the Amazon capital.
According to ancient sources, ( Plutarch Theseus, Pausanias ), Amazon tombs could be found frequently throughout what was once known as the ancient Greek world.
A study by Brazilian scientists concluded that the Amazon is actually longer than the Nile.
Using the same techniques they calculated the length of the Nile as, which is longer than previous estimates but still shorter than the Amazon.
They made it possible by measuring the Amazon downstream to the beginning of the tidal estuary of Canal do Sul and then, after a sharp turn back, following tidal canals surrounding the isle of Marajó and finally including the marine Waters of the Río Pará bay in its entire length.
Guido Gelli, director of science at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( IBGE ), told the Brazilian TV network Globo in June 2007 that it could be considered as a fact that the Amazon was the longest river in the world.
As of 2010 the length of both the Amazon and the Nile remains open to interpretation and continued debate.

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The set started selling on eBay at very high prices, sometimes over $ 300 USD ; As well as fetching over $ 1000 USD in ' New ' condition on websites such as " Amazon. com ".
Copies may be obtained at your local library, or purchased used at bookstores, or through eBay or Amazon. com.
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In 1995, Hofstadter's book Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought was the first book ever sold by Amazon. com.
Some later recovered and surpassed their dot-com-bubble peaks, e. g., Amazon. com, whose stock went from 107 to 7 dollars per share, but a decade later exceeded 200.
As late as 2005 online retailers such as Amazon. com continued to list the DVD as " coming soon ".
* 1995: Jeff Bezos launches Amazon. com and the first commercial-free 24 hour, internet-only radio stations, Radio HK and NetRadio start broadcasting.
* 2003: Amazon. com posts first yearly profit.
* 2009: Zappos. com acquired by Amazon. com for $ 928 million.
* 2011: Quidsi. com, parent company of Diapers. com, acquired by Amazon. com for $ 500 million in cash plus $ 45 million in debt and other obligations.
In 2005, author Anne Rice became involved in a flamewar of sorts on the review boards of online retailer Amazon. com after several reviewers posted scathing comments about her latest novel.
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A writer in Seattle, researching an article on Jeff Bezos, the founder of the then-fledgling Amazon. com, came across the " Hapworth " publication date, told his sister, a journalist for the Washington Business Journal, who wrote an article about the upcoming book.
Critic Billy Altman, whose work has appeared in many publications including Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times, wrote the following for Amazon. com: " One of rock's most overlooked masterpieces, this third album by the L. A. folk-rock outfit led by inscrutable singer-songwriter Arthur Lee sounds as fresh and innovative today as it did upon its original release in 1968.
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