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Author : Franz Keller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Amazon River
ISBN : MINN:31951001688253I
Author : Franz Keller-Leuzinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:651462307
Author : Franz Keller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1331884276
Excerpt from The Amazon and Madeira Rivers: Sketches and Descriptions From the Note-Book of an Explorer In June 1867, my father and I, who had been studying the maps and plans of a former expedition in the province of Parana, were commissioned by the Minister of Public Works at Rio de Janeiro to explore the Madeira River, and to project a railroad along its bank where, by reason of the rapids, navigation was rendered impossible. Since the end of the last century, - when, in consequence of the treaty of Ildefonso in 1777, Portuguese astronomers and surveyors ascended the Madeira, no regular or reliable plans had been executed of the immense forest-covered valley. The bold descent effected some twenty years ago by the American naval officer, Gibbon, I may observe, was too hurried, and undertaken with too slender means; and another expedition, commanded by the Brazilian engineer, Major Coutinho, proved to be a complete failure, though certainly not for lack of means. Upon the ensuing of peace, after the long war with Paraguay, the old question of a way of communication between the Brazilian coast and the province of Mate Grosso came to the front; and as that clever diplomatist, Conselheiro Felippe Lopez Netto, had also succeeded in concluding a treaty of boundaries and commerce with Bolivia, by which was secured the prospect of a passage through the valley of the Madeira, it was thought necessary that a thorough exploration should be made. General attention was, moreover, directed to that remote comer of the vast realm by the sudden appearance of a new Steam Navigation Company on the Lower Madeira, and by the recent opening of the Amazon River to the flags of all nations; the realisation of the full benefit of which latter measure depends on its extension to the lateral rivers as well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Franz Keller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3337239102
The Amazon and Madeira Rivers - Sketches and Descriptions from the Note-Book of an Explorer is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Franz Keller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0371792991
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Author : Franz 1835-1890 Keller
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015153542
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Author : Richard Gott
Publisher : Verso
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0860913988
Gott describes his journey through the heart of South America, across the swampland that forms the watershed between the Plate and the Amazon rivers. He intermingles his travel account with the results of his extensive research into the history of this land that once formed the contested frontier between Spanish and Portuguese territory and was the setting for a string of Jesuit missions and later for the extermination of the local peoples. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Nigel Smith
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1276 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031128035
This is the first comprehensive listing of Amazon fruits from an ethnobotanical perspective. This detailed book covers 50 botanical families, 207 species, in the Amazon including how the people of each region use them. It is lavishly illustrated with high-quality photographs taken by the author, an extensive list of references, and Dr. Smith’s latest, meticulous research. This book should be a foundational work for scholars working in the plant sciences, researchers in ethnobotanical studies, and general interest scholars seeking more detailed information on the latest research by a leading scientist in the Amazon.
Author : Clarke, firm, booksellers, Cincinnati
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : America
ISBN : HARVARD:HXQSAZ
Author : Nigel Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319055091
This book explores the degree to which landscapes have been enriched with palms by human activities and the importance of palms for the lives of people in the region today and historically. Palms are a prominent feature of many landscapes in Amazonia, and they are important culturally, economically, and for a variety of ecological roles they play. Humans have been reorganizing the biological furniture in the region since the first hunters and gatherers arrived over 20,000 years ago.
Author : Heather F. Roller
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781503628120
Around the year 1800, independent Native groups still effectively controlled about half the territory of the Americas. How did they maintain their political autonomy and territorial sovereignty, hundreds of years after the arrival of Europeans? In a study that spans the eighteenth to twentieth centuries and ranges across the vast interior of South America, Heather F. Roller examines this history of power and persistence from the vantage point of autonomous Native peoples in Brazil. The central argument of the book is that Indigenous groups took the initiative in their contacts with Brazilian society. Rather than fleeing or evading contact, Native peoples actively sought to appropriate what was useful and potent from outsiders, incorporating new knowledge, products, and even people, on their own terms and for their own purposes. At the same time, autonomous Native groups aimed to control contact with dangerous outsiders, so as to protect their communities from threats that came in the form of sicknesses, vices, forced labor, and land invasions. Their tactical decisions shaped and limited colonizing enterprises in Brazil, while revealing Native peoples' capacity for cultural persistence through transformation. These contact strategies are preserved in the collective memories of Indigenous groups today, informing struggles for survival and self-determination in the present.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1054 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Art
ISBN : HARVARD:32044092859180
Author : Robert Clarke & Co
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : America
ISBN : UOM:39015033687370
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1078 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11176123
Author : Gustav Adolph Fidelie Van Rhyn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Best books
ISBN : UCAL:$B242121