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Across Unknown South America

By Arnold Henry Savage Landor

2019-02-19 18:03:41

Across Unknown South America by Arnold Henry Savage Landor South America is, to my mind, "the Coming Continent"—the Continent of the future. Everybody knows the wealth of the Argentine, Peru, Chile, and Bolivia; but the interior of Brazil, the larg ... Read more
Across Unknown South America by Arnold Henry Savage Landor South America is, to my mind, "the Coming Continent"—the Continent of the future. Everybody knows the wealth of the Argentine, Peru, Chile, and Bolivia; but the interior of Brazil, the largest and richest country of all, not unlike forbidden Tibet, was perhaps better known a century or two ago than now. Few people realize that Brazil is larger than the United States of North America, Germany, Portugal, and a few other countries taken together. The interior is practically a terra incognita—although the ancient Jesuits and, at a later date, escaped slaves and native rubber collectors have perhaps found their way inland to a considerable distance. Less

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File size7568.421 KB
Print pages740
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2018-10-23
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781465504098
Arnold Henry Savage Landor (2 June 1865 – 26 December 1924) was an English painter, explorer, writer, and anthropologist.[1] Landor wrote in an often witty style. He was born to Charles Savage La...

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