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

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