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SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
0 Preface  KevinS PL OK
1 First Lecture, Introduction  ToddHW PL OK
2 First Lecture, Part 1. Origin of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition; Organization of the Brazilian Comission; Choice of routes submitted to mr. Roosevelt; selection of the one relative to the Rio da Dúvida; Overland journey of the Chief of the Brazilian Comission from Rio de Janeiro to the mouth of the river Apa; The heads of the Brazilian and American Comissions meet on board the Paraguayan gunboat Riquielme; formation of the Roosevelt-Rondon Comission  ToddHW PL OK
3 First Lecture, Part 2. Ascent of the River Paraguay to Corumbá; ratification of the hunting programme and the reconnoissance of the river Dúvida; Arrival at Corumbá; Hunting on the River Taquary Velho and on the Fazenda de São José  cdspain PL OK
4 First Lecture, Part 3. Jaguar hunting on the River São Lourenço; Visit to the cattle ranch Descalvado; Arrival at São Luiz de Cáceres; Pitching camp and hunting at Porto do Campo  cdspain PL OK
5 First Lecture, Part 4. Ascent of the river Sepotuba and arrival at Tapirapoan; organization of the pack-train to cross the wilds of the Pareci and Nhambiquara indians; Subdivision of the expedition into two parties; Voyage of this party as far as Utiarity; Pareci indians; Salto Belo Falls and the Utiarity Falls  RitaBoutros PL OK
6 First Lecture, Part 5. Formation of a new sub-party for the exploration of the River Papagaio; chief occurrances during the voyage; Arrival of the Roosevelt-Rondon expedition at the River Juruena; Nhambiquara indians; Continuation of the march from Juruena to José Bonifácio and arrival at Passo da Linha, the point where the telegraph line crosses the Dúvida  RitaBoutros PL OK
7 Second Lecture, Part 1. Reconnoissance and exploration of the river Dúvida; Geographical features; Lieutenant Antonio Pyrineus de Souza’s party on the Aripuanã river; Mr. Roosevelt commences the work of the Expedition, still in doubt as to the direction and importance of the course of this river; building canoes on the river Ananaz  RitaBoutros PL OK
8 Second Lecture, Part 2. Exploration and survey of the river Dúvida from Passo da Linha, up to the place of meeting with Lieutenant Pyrineus’ auxiliary party; Affluents, waterfalls, rapids, mountain ranges, geological formations and forests of the river Dúvida  RitaBoutros PL OK
9 Second Lecture, Part 3. Passing the rapids. Death of Simplicio. Adoption of the new name river Roosevelt. Rio Taunay  RitaBoutros PL OK
10 Second Lecture, Part 4. Difficulties of the voyage and serious incidents; Death of Seargent Paixão; Fevers and sickness of members of the party.  TriciaG PL OK
11 Second Lecture, Part 5. Identification of the Alto Castanha; Indian tribes  RitaBoutros PL OK
12 Second Lecture, Part 6. Meeting of the Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition with Lieutenant Pyrineus’ party; The old Lower Aripuanã constitutes only the lower portion of the course of the river Roosevelt; Reference to the problem of determining the principal source of a river; River Aripuanã; The river Roosevelt is composed of the united courses of the old Dúvida, Castanha and lower Aripuanã  RitaBoutros PL OK
13 Second Lecture, Part 7. Examination of the criticism of a Portuguese geographer; The river Roosevelt was for the first time mapped by the Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition; Arrival of the expedition at Manaus; News of Captain Amílcar de Magalhães’ party; Descent of the river Amazon; arrival at Belém; Mr. Roosevelt’s departure for New York; Return of the chief of the Brazilian Comission  TriciaG PL OK
14 Third Lecture, Part 1. Review of work done from 1907 to 1911: Exploration and reconnoitring of the general track of the telegraph line from Cuyabá to Santo Antonio da Madeira; Work of construction from Cuyabá to Vilhena, and from Santo Antonio to Jamary; The transport problem in the wilderness and its solution  Leni PL OK
15 Third Lecture, Part 2. Resume of the construction work from 1911 to December 1914; From Vilhena to José Bonifácio. Study of an alternative route of the 1909 track; Indian camps; visit to the village of the Nhambiquaras  RitaBoutros PL OK
16 Third Lecture, Part 3. From José Bonifácio to Barão Melgaço, purveying by the river; exploration of the river Pimenta Bueno; discovery of the Kepikiri-uat Indians  RitaBoutros PL OK
17 Third Lecture, Part 4. From Barão Melgaço to Pimenta Bueno and thence to Arikemes; Indian tribes of the Gy-Paraná, Jarú and Jamary  RitaBoutros PL OK
18 Third Lecture, Part 5. Notes on the construction of the branch lines of Santo Antonio do Guajará-Mirim and from Parecis to Barra de Bugres; Indian tribes of these respective regions; habits and identification of these Indians  RitaBoutros PL OK
19 Third Lecture, Part 6. Geographical exploration accompanied by notes relative to the Indian population existing in the valleys of the rivers explored; The sources of the river Paraguay  RitaBoutros PL OK
20 Third Lecture, Part 7. Affluents of the Guaporé; Basin of the river Madeira; Jacy-Paraná, Jamary and Gy-Paraná  RitaBoutros PL OK
21 Third Lecture, Part 8. Region comprised between the Gy-Paraná and the river Roosevelt; work of pacification of the Parintintis Indians  RitaBoutros PL OK
22 Third Lecture, Part 9. Lieutenant Marques de Souza’s expedition to reconnoitre the old river Ananaz; Basin of the Juruena-Tapajóz; Exploration of the large central catchment of this basin; reestablishment of the historical point of view regarding the extension of the course of the river Juruena as far as the mouth of the river Telles Pires; Exploration of the Iké river and what was found in its basin  TriciaG PL OK
23 Third Lecture, Part 10. Exploration of the rivers Sangue and Papagaio  Leni PL OK
24 Third Lecture, Part 11. Exploration of the river Arinos  Leni PL OK
25 Third Lecture, Part 12. Exploration of the river formerly called São Manoel  TriciaG PL OK