Author: CHAPMAN, SIMON
Title: The monster of the Madidi : searching for the giant ape of the Bolivian Jungle / Simon Chapman
Description: London : Aurum 2001. First Edition. Near-fine cloth copy in a fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 242 p. [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Summary: The Monster of the Madidi introduces a new travel writing talent that every fan of Redmond O'Hanlon and Eric Newby will relish. A grainy black and white photograph published in the Illustrated London News in 1918 showed what was purported to be the body of a giant monkey. known variously as 'Loy's ape'. 'King Monkey' and the 'Mono Rey'. supposed to inhabit the dense jungles of northern Bolivia. The young travel writer Simon Chapman. took an all - too-collapsible canoe amid Bolivia's swamps and rainforest to try and see for himself the mythical monster of the Madidi. Subject: Chapman. Simon 1965- - Journeys - Travel - Bolivia. Apes - Monkeys - Bolivia. Bolivia - Description and travel. Mythical animals - Cryptozoology - Folklore - Madidi River. Bolivia. Travel writing / South America / General / Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology. TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues. Genre: Illustrated. text. ISBN: 1854107496. Weight in Kg appr.:

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