The cover page is adapted from Brazilian Forest, a painting completed in 1864 by Martin Johnson Heade. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Johnson_Headewww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
章节(12)
- Dedication 0:00
- Preface 0:39
- I: The Start 2:02
- II: Up the Paraguay 1:12:21
- III: A Jaguar Hunt on the Taquary 1:56:57
- IV: The Headwaters of the Paraguay 3:01:03
- V: Up the River of Tapirs 4:11:33
- VI: Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil 5:17:30
- VII: With a Mule Train Across Nhambiquara Land 6:24:01
- VIII: The River of Doubt 7:39:07
- IX: Down an Unknown River Into the Equatorial Forest 8:54:09
- X: To the Amazon and Home; Zoological and Geographical Results of the Expedition 10:07:50
After failing to win a third term in the elections of 1912, former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt planned a speaking trip to Argentina and Brazil and a cruise up the Amazon. The government of Brazil suggested that Roosevelt join the famous Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon in an expedition down the recently discovered River of Doubt. Roosevelt accepted the invitation and, accompanied by his son Kermit, reached the river with Rondon on February 27, 1914. From the beginning, the expedition was fraught with difficulties, including disease, lack of supplies, and hostility from the local tribes. Roosevelt nearly died from an infected wound.
This book is his account of the expedition, which, despite its problems, managed to map parts of the river and to discover several previously unknown species of animals and plants. The River of Doubt is now called Rio Roosevelt.