13. The Adventure of the Darien Gap

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Prologue: Trial in Alaska 1
6. 1. The Reason Why 12
7. 2. The Galapagos That Darwin Knew 25
8. 3. Galapagos Climate History: The Eastern Pacific and the Ice-Age Amazon 57
9. 4. Pleistocene Refuge and the Arid Amazon Hypothesis 73
10. 5. The Republic of the Equator 80
11. 6. Refuge Theory Expands in Brazil 100
12. 7. The Paradigm and the Prophet 105
13. 8. Amazon’s Bitter Lakes 123
14. 9. On the Trail of Francisco de Orellana 130
15. 10. Ice-Age Forest Found 145
16. 11. Pollen, Anacondas, and the Cool, Damp Breeze of Doubt 159
17. 12. The Paradigm Strikes Back 171
18. 13. The Adventure of the Darien Gap 184
19. 14. The Adventure of the Floating Forest 192
20. 15. The Adventure of the Customs Shed 208
21. 16. The Adventure of the Inselberg That Leaked 220
22. 17. Ice Ages from an Amazon Inselberg 234
23. 18. Two Thousand Fathoms Thy Pollen Lies 245
24. 19. Maicuru, the Last Adventure 252
25. 20. Paradigm Coup de Grace 267
26. Notes 295
27. Index 309