Into the Amazon : the life of Cândido Rondon, trailblazing explorer, scientist, statesman, and conservationist / Larry Rohter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rohter, Larry, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva, 1865-1958.

Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva.

Roosevelt River (Brazil)--Discovery and exploration.

Roosevelt River (Brazil).

Amazon River Valley--Description and travel.

Amazon River Valley.

Natural history--Amazon River Valley.

Natural history.

Rain forest ecology--Amazon River Region.

Rain forest ecology.

Discoveries in geography.

Travel.

Amazon River Region.

Brazil--Roosevelt River.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2023.

Summary:

"Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so inhospitable that even native peoples had avoided them--and led Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, on their celebrated "River of Doubt" journey in 1913-14. Upon leaving the Brazilian Army in 1930 with the rank of a two-star general, Rondon, himself of indigenous descent, devoted the remainder of his life to not only writing about the region's flora and fauna, but also advocating for the peoples who inhabited the rainforest and lobbying for the creation of a system of national parks. Despite his many achievements--which include laying down a 1,200-mile telegraph line through the heart of the Amazon and three nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize--Rondon has never received his due. Originally published in Brazil, Into the Amazon is the first comprehensive biography of his life and remarkable career." -- Amazon.com.

Contents:

Beyond the end of the world

The "furry beast" in the Imperial city

The republic

"There begins the harshest of backlands"

Burdensome tasks and forced obedience

Article 44, section 32

"Correcting the world"

"Returning immediately, through the other side"

"With presents, patience and good manners"

Mariano's tongue

"The greatest number of unforeseen difficulties"

Dismissals, resignations, and two colonels

Boxes and rain

Portage, pole, and paddle

Passion

Expedition in peril

"Shifts and contrivances available in wild countries"

"Is he a general yet?"

Jack of all trades

Catanduvas

Back in the field

"I think it advisable the general not continue his journey"

In the wilderness

Old Rondon versus the "new state"

The Gandhi of Brazil

Battle over a legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-435) and index.

ISBN:

9781324021261

1324021268

OCLC:

1321072541