Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 / 2008-07-11 00:00:00
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Etext prepared by John Bickers and Dagny
THROUGH THE BRAZILIAN WILDERNESS
By Theodore Roosevelt
Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnypg@yahoo.com
and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz
THROUGH THE BRAZILIAN WILDERNESS
BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
PREFACE
This is an account of a zoo-geographic reconnaissance through the
Brazilian hinterland.
The official and proper title of the expedition is that given it
by the Brazilian Government: Expedicao Scientifica Roosevelt-
Rondon. When I started from the United States, it was to make an
expedition, primarily concerned with mammalogy and ornithology,
for the American Museum of Natural History of New York. This was
undertaken under the auspices of Messrs. Osborn and Chapman,
acting on behalf of the Museum. In the body of this work I
describe how the scope of the expedition was enlarged, and how it
was given a geographic as well as a zoological character, in
consequence of the kind proposal of the Brazilian Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, General Lauro Muller. In its altered
and enlarged form the expedition was rendered possible only by the
generous assistance of the Brazilian Government.
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