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03101aam a2200469 i 4500 001 E4216098E8B011ED84E9FF1C55ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230502011626 008 220527s2023 nyuab b 001 0beng d 020 $a 1324021268 020 $a 9781324021261 035 $a (OCoLC)1321072541 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d LIV $d OCO $d OCLCF $d UAP $d SILO 100 1 $a Rohter, Larry, $d 1950- $e author. 245 10 $a Into the amazon : $b the life of Candido Rondon, trailblazing explorer, scientist, statesman, and conservationist / $c Larry Rohter. 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., $c 2023. 300 $a xxiii, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-435) and index. 520 $a "CÌndido 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." -- Amazon.com. 600 10 $a Rondon, CaÌndido Mariano da Silva, $d 1865-1958. 600 17 $a Rondon, CaÌndido Mariano da Silva, $d 1865-1958. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00019342 650 0 $a Natural history $z Amazon River Valley. 650 0 $a Rain forest ecology $z Amazon River Region. 650 7 $a Discoveries in geography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00894950 650 7 $a Natural history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034268 650 7 $a Rain forest ecology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01089445 650 7 $a Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01155558 651 0 $a Roosevelt River (Brazil) $x Discovery and exploration. 651 0 $a Amazon River Valley $x Description and travel. 651 7 $a Amazon River Region. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239764 651 7 $a Amazon River Valley. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239765 651 7 $a Brazil $z Roosevelt River. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01268171 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710063310.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230913010358.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230802011847.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230701010052.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230502012159.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E4216098E8B011ED84E9FF1C55ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search