Hemming, John Henry

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HEMMING, John Henry

HEMMING, John Henry. Canadian, b. 1935. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, History. Career: Joint chairman, Hemming Group Ltd., London; chairman, Newman Books Ltd., Brintex Ltd., London. Director and secretary, Royal Geographical Society, 1975-96. Publications: The Conquest of the Incass, 1970; (with E. Brooks, R. Fuerst, and F. Huxley) Tribes of the Amazon Basin, Brazil, 1973; Red Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians, 1978; The Search for El Dorado, 1978; Machu Picchu, 1981; Monuments of the Incas, 1982; (ed.) Change in the Amazon Basin, 2 vols., 1985; Amazon Frontier: The Defeat of the Brazilian Indians, 1987; (with J. Ratter and A. dos Santos) Maracá, 1988; Roraima, Brazil's Northernmost Frontier, 1991; (with J. Ratter) Maracá Rainforest Island, 1993; (ed.) The Forest Frontier, 1995; The Golden Age of Discovery, 1998; Die if You Must: Brazilian Indians in the Twentieth Century, 2003. Address: Hemming Group Ltd, 32 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London SW1V 2SS, England. Online address: [email protected]