Through the Brazilian Wilderness.

First Edition. Account of Roosevelt’s “zoogeographic reconnaissance” with the Brazilian explorer Rondon to discover if the Rio da Dúvida (“River of Doubt”), flowed into the Amazon. Traversing some of the most dangerous territory of Amazonia the party was successful and the river was renamed Rio Roosevelt, sometimes Rio Teodoro, in his honour.

8vo. Recent dark green morocco, title gilt to spine, raised bands, gilt lozenges in the compartments, single rolled panel to boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Photogravure frontispiece and 48 half-tone plates, one folding and 2 full-page maps. An excellent copy in a handsome binding.