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The expedition, led by Roosevelt and Cândido Rondon, Brazil's most famous explorer and the river's discoverer, sought to determine where and by which course the river flowed into the Amazon. [ 6 ] Roosevelt and his son Kermit undertook the adventure after the former U.S. president's failed attempt to regain the office as the " Bull Moose Party ...
Roosevelt and Rondon, c. 1914 After losing a bid for a third presidential term in the 1912 election, Roosevelt had originally planned to go on a speaking tour of Argentina and Brazil, followed by a cruise of the Amazon River organized by his friend Father John Augustine Zahm.
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey is a 2005 book by Candice Millard covering president Theodore Roosevelt's scientific expedition down the River of Doubt (later renamed the Roosevelt River), in Brazil.
1913: Former US president Theodore Roosevelt and Brazilian Field Marshal Cândido Rondon on Amazon expedition down the River of Doubt (now the Roosevelt River) (Roosevelt, 1919). 1914: Rubber boom bursts with the emergence of cheaper sources of rubber. 1922: Salomón-Lozano Treaty awards Leticia to Colombia, as an outlet to the Amazon River. In ...
In January 1914, Rondon left with Theodore Roosevelt on the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition, whose aims were to explore the River of Doubt. The expedition left the Tapiripuã, and reached the River of Doubt on 27 February 1914. They did not reach the mouth of the river until late April, after the expedition had suffered greatly.
Rondi Toró River; Ronuro River; Roosevelt River; Rubim do Norte River; Rubim do Sul River; Sabugi River; Saco River (Maranhão) Saco River (Paracauari) Do Saco River (Rio de Janeiro) Sacraiú River; Sacre River (Mato Grosso) Sacuriuiná River; Sagradouro Grande River; Do Sal River (Goiás) Do Sal River (Sergipe) Sal Amargo River; Salabro River ...
Amazon River (Pará, Amazonas) Tapajós River (Amazonas) Juruena River (Mato Grosso) Iquê River; Madeira River. Aripuanã River (Amazonas) Roosevelt River. Capitão Cardoso River. Tenente Marques River; Da Dúvida River; Ji-Paraná River (Machado River) Preto River Miriti River; Jacundá River; Juruazinho River Juruá River; Machadinho River ...
Juma River (Brazil) Juruá River; Juruena River; Jurupari River; Jutaí River; ... Riozinho River (Amazonas) Roosevelt River; S. Sepatini River; Sepoti River; Seruini ...