Smyth, W.

1 publication

1836

Narrative of a journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon....
London, John Murray: viii + 305. Figs. 2 maps.
—Brief account (with measurements and a good illustration) of a manatee caught at Sarayacu, Peru (197), and an account of manatee hunting and use by Indians (242-243). The constellation Scorpio is identified as the "Vaca Marina" (manatee) by the Sencis Indians (229).