| Voyage Au Xingú: 30 Mai 1896-26 Octobre 1896 Contributor(s): Coudreau, Henri Anatole (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511706618 ISBN-13: 9780511706615 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Language: French Published: August 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in Paris in 1897, this book describes the expedition to the Xing River in the Amazon region of Brazil by the French scientist and explorer Henri Coudreau. Coudreau spent five months from May to October 1896 travelling down the Xing by boat, beginning at the river's southern origin at Vit ria and finishing in Par , where it joins the Amazon. He carried out the most detailed explorations of the region up to that time, and is deservedly regarded as one of the great early anthropologists of the Amazon. This book describes the region's distinct eco-system and its warrior-like indigenous peoples. The book, which Coudreau wrote in less than a month, is characteristic of his strongly opinionated writing. It contains 68 illustrations and a map of the Xing River. |
