Books with title Through the Brazilian wilderness,

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Theodore Roosevelt was not only the youngest President in the history of the United States – he was also a hunter and an explorer, among many other things. In 1914, he set off on a six-week expedition down the previously uncharted territories of the Amazonas River, an adventurous and dangerous trip that he recounts in great detail in this extraordinary book. The expedition was an adventure and a scientific endeavor at the same time. What started as a quest to see and to map the unknown soon became a journey that tested the courage, the endurance and the resourcefulness of all the participants. The explorers meet exotic animals, they see plants that no man has ever seen before, but they must also endure the extreme climate conditions, the heat, the cold, the humidity, the insect bites, and they must face diseases such as dysentery and fever. The journey was a success and a triumph in all aspects. The participants proved their extraordinary qualities and the scientists brought back a huge number of previously unknown animal specimens to be further studied back home. The explorers discovered not only animal and plant species no scientist has ever seen before, but also a large river named the River of Doubt initially, but later on renamed Rio Roosevelt. Through the Brazilian Wilderness is a great book to read not only because the adventure it tells about is unique and heroic, but also because of Roosevelt’s characteristic style. The hardships and beauties of the journey are recounted in a passionate and poetic style, the descriptions of the flora and fauna that the explorers see are detailed and inspiring and the fact that Roosevelt was accompanied on the trip by his son gives the entire book a distinct, personal and emotional touch, too.

Roosevelt's popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition, co-named after its leader, Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon. The book describes the scientific discovery, scenic tropical vistas, and exotic flora and fauna experienced during the adventure. A friend, Father John Augustine Zahm, had searched for new adventures and found them in the forests of South America. After a briefing of several of his own expeditions, he persuaded Roosevelt to commit to such an expedition in 1912. To finance the expedition Roosevelt received support from the American Museum of Natural History, promising to bring back many new animal specimens.

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.