Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist
The Brazilian officer who strung telegraph wire across the Amazon and refused to fight the people there.
Larry Rohter tells the life of Candido Rondon, who mapped vast stretches of the interior, travelled with Theodore Roosevelt, and made a principle of never firing on indigenous peoples even when fired upon. Explorer, scientist and statesman, and a figure who is far better known in Brazil than anywhere else.
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Tyler Cowen
Larry Rohter, Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist. I loved this book, in part because I like Brazil so much but not only. Rondon, arguably the greatest tropical explorer of all time, played a central role in the development of northern Brazil. Recommended.
Source · November 2023
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