Explorations made in the valley of the river Madeira, from 1749 to 1868 (1875)
Author: Church, George Earl, 1835-1910; National Bolivian Navigation Company; Keller, José; Keller, Franz, 1835-1890; Palacios, José Agustn, d. 1873; Haenke, Thaddäus, 1761-1817; Gibbon, Lardner; Quevedo, Quintín, 1823-; Arauz, Ygnacio; Goncalves da Fonseca, José; Barry, James William
Subject: Rivers -- Bolivia; Inland navigation -- Bolivia; Madeira River (Brazil and Bolivia); Brazil -- Description and travel
Publisher: [London] : Published for the National Bolivian navigation company
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: b18497251
Digitizing sponsor: Brown University
Book contributor: Brown University Library
Collection: americana; blc
Scanfactors: 13
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Introduction -- Report to the imperial government of Brazil, by José and Francisco Keller -- Exploration of the rivers, etc., of the Department of the Beni, by J.A. Palacios -- Paper on the Bolivian rivers, by Thaddeus Haenke -- The rapids of the river Madeira, by Lieut. Gibbon, U.S. Navy -- The Madeira and its head waters, by General Quintin Quevedo -- Fluvial outlet for Bolivia, by Ygnacio Arauz -- The Portuguese exploring expedition of 1749, from Pará to Mato Grosso...[written by José Gonsalves da Fonseca]
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