The second volume in the definitive English language edition of Hugo Pratt&s masterpiece Corto Maltese presented in the original oversized B&W format & with new translations made from Pratt&s original Italian scripts " Mushroom Heads" begins in Maracaibo Venezuela where Corto Maltese & Professor Steiner lead an expedition on the trail of the legendary El Dorado financed by the antiquarian Levi Colombia In " Banana Conga" Corto has his first & nearly fatal encounter with the beautiful yet dangerous mercenary Venexiana Stevenson Within this framework of adventure Hugo Pratt weaves themes dealing with the exploitation of indigenous people the noble struggle to gain freedom & independence & how cowardice can poison men of all classes The action set in 1917 takes Corto Maltese from the Mosquito Coast to Barbados to a deadly struggle among Jivaro head-hunters in the Peruvian Amazon More from this Author Corto Maltes 5 Fabula de Venecia Fable of Venice Mid-Winter Morning&s Dream Corto Maltese the Early Years Corto Maltese Under the Sign of Capricorn Corto Maltes 6 Las Lejanas Islas Del Viento Corto Maltes 6 Remote islands of the wind