02456cam a2200361 i 4500 889028126 TxAuBib 20230816120000.0 230405s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023014197 9781324021261 HRD 38.00 1324021268 HRD 38.00 TxAuBib rda eng por Rohter, Larry, 1950-, author. Rondon English. Into the Amazon [BOOK] : the life of Cândido Rondon, trailblazing explorer, scientist, statesman, and conservationist / Larry Rohter. First American edition. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023. xxiii, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-435) and index. 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. Provided by publisher. 20230816. Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva 1865-1958. Explorers Brazil Biography. Indians of South America Brazil Government relations. Telegraph Brazil History. Brazil History 1889-1930. Biographies.