| Vom Roroima Zum Orinoco 5 Volume Paperback Set: Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Nordbrasilien Und Venezuela in Den Jahren 1911-1913 Contributor(s): Koch-Grünberg, Theodor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108006302 ISBN-13: 9781108006309 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $254.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: German Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: Linguistics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.43 lbs) 2164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Theodor Koch-Gr nberg (1872-1924) was a noted German ethnologist and explorer whose work on the indigenous peoples of Brazil and Venezuela is still consulted by anthropologists, ethnologists and linguists. His most important publication was this five-volume account of his 1911-1913 expedition from the sandstone mountains bordering Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana through uncharted territory westwards to the Orinoco. Volume 1 describes the journey itself, and the author's reactions to his varied experiences. Volume 2 contains sixty myths and legends, eleven of them given in the original language as well as translation. Volume 3 describes the material and spiritual culture of a number of tribes, and includes a substantial appendix on music. Volume 4 contains linguistic data on nineteen languages, Cariban, Arawak and isolates, several of them previously undescribed. Volume 5 provides 185 photographs showing the physical characteristics of the different tribes Koch-Gr nberg encountered on this epic journey. |
