Through Brazil Marsh and Palms to Corumba Ranch
Travel narrative describes a December voyage down the Paraguay and Taquary rivers toward Corumba, detailing landscapes, wildlife including jabiru storks and jacares, encounters with piranhas, and a Tamandua hunt. The party meets local guides, notes railway plans, and reflects on South American fauna and conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corumba
Pfraphas
Nerent
Coumba
Ren
Po Inicipal Council
Coramba
Brazil
Rus
Miller
Columba
Col Rondon
Col. Rondon
Senior de Barros
Las Palmeiras
Rio Taquary
Paraguay
Taquary
Caymans
Jacares
No Mosquitoes Beside Brazilian Ranch This Voyage Noted
Descriptive passage recalls a vast Brazilian cattle ranch with palm groves and tiled white buildings. The explorer’s party slept in hammocks, feasted on native dishes, and observed peons, jaguar hunters, and mixed-blood families. No mosquitoes were found despite swampy Pantanal surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Rondon
Kermit
South America
Europe
Asia
North
Africa
North America
Kermit and
Milter
Anteater
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fiala
Sigg
Mala
Tropics
Cherrie
Chaco
Thad
Asuncion
West Africa
Taquary River
American Museum
Miler
Flala
Shenzi
Trigueiro
Latter-Day World
Australia
Hurasia
Old World
Concepcion
Harper
Kermit Roosevelt
Paraguay River