The sketches and descriptions from the note-book of an explorer Keller, Franz, 1835-1890 text pau monographic Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott and co. 1875 New ed., with sixty-eight illustrations on wood. eng

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xviii, 240 p. : ill., plates : 27 cm. Franz Keller was a German engineer who spent 17 years in Brazil. In 1867, Keller and his father were commissioned by the minister of public works in Rio de Janeiro to explore the Madeira River in order to determine the feasibility of building a railroad to circumvent rapids that made steamship navigation impossible on part of the river. This book, published some seven years later, describes the river and its rapids, the native tribes that Keller and his party encountered, and the animals and vegetation of the virgin forest of the Amazon and the Madeira rivers. Keller's expedition extended into eastern Bolivia. It devotes a chapter to the Mojo Indians of that region and the history of their interactions with the Jesuit missions dating from the late 17th century. World Digital Library. by Franz Keller, engineer. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available in digital form. Indians of South America Brazil Mojo Indians Amazon River Brazil Description and travel Madeira River (Brazil and Bolivia) F2546 .K29 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gcbr.001 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00103360006 02029950 hdl:loc.gdc/gcbr.001 hdl:loc.gdc/scd0001.00103360006 DLC 751125 20260501185507.3 9132713 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)