Through the Brazilian Wilderness - An Epic Adventure of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition
Peril and Discovery on Brazil's River of DoubtBy Theodore Roosevelt
Length12h 4m
About this audiobook
This book is an account of a zoo-geographic reconnaissance through the Brazilian hinterland. In 1914 Theodore Roosevelt with his son, Kermit and Colonel Rondon traveled to South America on a quest to course the River of Doubt. In the body of this book Roosevelt describes how the scope of the expedition was enlarged, and how it was given a geographic as well as a zoological character. The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition had experienced great adventures and dangers during its quest including men loss, attacks of cannibalistic tribes and flesh-eating bacteria. Discover the incredible adventures of the ex-president and his crew in one of the most exciting and unexplored parts of the Earth!
Contents:
Start of the Mission
Up the Paraguay
A Jaguar-hunt on the Taquary
The Headwaters of the Paraguay
Up the River of Tapirs
Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil
With a Mule Train Across Nhambiquara Land
The River of Doubt
Down an Unknown River Into the Equatorial Forest
To the Amazon and Home; Zoological and Geographical Results of the Expedition
The Work of the Field Zoologist and Field Geographer in South America
The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness
Letter of May 1 to General Lauro Muller
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GenreHistory, Travel
Length12 hrs 4 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 24, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Through the Brazilian Wilderness - An Epic Adventure of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition
2Preface
3Chapter I. The Start
4Chapter II. Up the Paraguay
5Chapter III. A Jaguar-Hunt on the Taquary
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6Chapter IV. The Headwaters of the Paraguay
7Chapter V. Up the River of Tapirs
8Chapter VI. Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil
9Chapter VII. With a Mule Train Across Nhambiquara Land
10Chapter VIII.. The River of Doubt
11Chapter IX. Down an Unknown River Into the Equatorial Forest
12Chapter X. To the Amazon and Home; Zoological and Geographical Results of the Expedition
13Appendix A. The Work of the Field Zoologist and Field Geographer in South America
14Appendix B. The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness
15Appendix C. My Letter of May 1 to General Lauro Muller
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