Through the Brazilian Wilderness - An Epic Adventure of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition (eBook)

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