Mato Grosso: Last Virgin Land: An Account of the Mato Grosso, Based on the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society Expedition to Central Brazil, 1967-9 |
Contents
LIST OF COLOUR PLATES | 12 |
THE LOST WORLD | 21 |
JOURNEY TO EDEN | 54 |
Copyright | |
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acres airstrip Amazon Angela Bishop animals ants Aragarças Araguaia Areões arrived Barra do Garças base camp became bees Belém birds bite boat Brasília Brazil Brazilian British Cachimbo Cachoeira cattle caught Central Brazil centre cerrado Claudio collected cruzeiros Diauarum disease doctor expedition Fawcett fazenda fazendeiro fire fish forest further Garapú gerente Goiânia Goiás hammocks huts Indians insects invaders kind Kran-Acorore land leishmaniasis less living look Mato Grosso miles nest night numbers Orlando Orlando Villas Boas OVERLEAF Parque particular Paulo picada plane plants Portuguese Posto Leonardo rain Rio das Mortes river road São Paulo scientists side soil South species streams suddenly Suiá Missú Taituba termites trees tribes tropical Txikão Txukuhamae Villas Boas brothers visitors walk wasps watch Waurá Xavante Xavantina Xingú Park Yawalapiti