Hergé, The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun, 1949. Copenhagen: Egmont Books Ltd., 2002. In this Hergé classic, a sequel to The Seven Crystal Balls, Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Milou catch a steamer to Peru to rescue a kidnapped professor. The adventure leads them through the Andes and the Amazon [1], which are depicted in fascinating detail and through the romanticized lens of the mid-20th century.
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[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/peru/the-amazon