I have "Crusaders of the Jungle", a historical work written by J. Fred Rippy and Jean Thomas Nelson. The original edition was published in 1936 by The University of North Carolina Press.
Book Details
Authors: J. Fred Rippy (James Fred Rippy, 1892-1977) and Jean Thomas Nelson (1905-1933).
Original Publication Year: 1936.
Subject: The book chronicles the origin, growth, and decline of the principal missions on the frontiers of tropical South America during the colonial period. It focuses on the efforts of Catholic missionaries (padres) to convert the indigenous tribes in regions such as the CumanĂ¡ missions, the Llanos of the Meta, the Casanare, and the Maynas missions.