John Hemming

John Hemming

John Hemming is former director of the Royal Geographic Society and one of the foremost experts in the world on the Amazon. He is the author of the prize-winning 'The Conquest of the Incas' and Thames & Hudson has recently republished his classic work 'Monuments of the Incas'.

In this video John Hemming explains why he decided to write his latest book, Tree of Rivers, the Story of the Amazon, and describes some of its key themes.


by John Hemming:
Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon
Monuments of the Incas