ON February 27, 1914, shortly after midday, we started down the River of Doubt into the unknown. We were quite uncertain whether after a week we should find ourselves in the Gy-Parana, or after six weeks in the Madeira, or after three months we knew not... Through the Brazilian Wilderness - Stran 243avtor: Theodore Roosevelt - 1919 - 410 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1914 - 970 strani
...ROOSEVELT THE RIVER OF DOUBT ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS uv KERMIT ROOSEVELT AND GEORGE K. CHERRIE ON February 27, 1914, shortly after midday, we started...where. That was why the river was rightly christened the"Duvida." We had been camped close to the river, where the trail that follows the telegraphline... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1922 - 940 strani
...Roosevelt, • who led the Roosevelt-Rondon exploration expedition through the Brazilian wilderness in 1914. "On February 27, 1914, shortly after midday, we started down the River of Doubt (Rio Teodoro) into the unknown. We were quite uncertain whether after a week we should find outselves... | |
 | William Spence Robertson - 1923 - 496 strani
...embarked on the River of Doubt in seven dugout canoes. " We were quite uncertain," said Roosevelt, "whether after a week we should find ourselves in...weeks in the Madeira or after three months we knew not where."86 They began to descend the River of Doubt from a rude bridge that had been built by the Telegraphic... | |
 | William Spence Robertson - 1923 - 492 strani
...embarked on the River of Doubt in seven dugout canoes. " We were quite uncertain," said Roosevelt, "whether after a week we should find ourselves in...weeks in the Madeira or after three months we knew not where."8' They began to descend the River of Doubt from a rude bridge that had been built by the Telegraphic... | |
 | Pan American Union - 1914 - 1130 strani
...subsequently proved to be even more perilous than anticipated, is thus briefly outlined by the author: On February 27, 1914, shortly after midday, we started...into the unknown. We were quite uncertain whether alter a week we should find ourselves in the Gy-Paran.1, or after six weeks in the Madeira, or after... | |
 | Pan American Union - 1914 - 1118 strani
...subsequently proved to be even more perilous than anticipated, is thus briefly outlined by the author: On February '27, 1914, shortly after midday, we started down the River of Uoubt into the unknown. We were quite uncertain whether after a week we should find ourselves in the... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 2003 - 388 strani
...all around the moon flooded the landscape with her white light. From Through the Brazilian Wilderness THE RIVER OF DOUBT On February 27, 1914, shortly after...That was why the river was rightly christened the Dúvida. We had been camped close to the river, where the trail that follows the telegraph-line crosses... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 2006 - 441 strani
...losing men in encounters with Indians, or if we encountered overmuch fever and dysentery, the loads would lighten themselves. We were all armed. We took...That was why the river was rightly christened the Diivida, We had been camped close to the river, where the trail that follows the telegraph-line crosses... | |
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