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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Through the Brazilian Wilderness. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.
8vo. Photogravure frontispiece, 2 route maps (one folding), and 48 plates. Original publisher's decorated brown cloth gilt (sunning to spine and rear board). Provenance: bookplate.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. After his presidency, Roosevelt embarked on an expedition to South America. He and Colonel Candido Rondon partnered to explore and map the Rio da Duvida ("River of Doubt"); together, they navigated over 900 miles of unmapped territory in just two months.
Property From the Westland Library of the Frontier