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L'Orénoque et le Caura

L'Orénoque et le Caura

L'Orénoque et le Caura

Relation de Voyages Executées en 1886 et 1887
Jean Chaffanjon
November 2010
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    Jean Chaffanjon (1854–1913) was a natural history teacher in the French colony of Martinique who was commissioned by the French minister of state education and fine arts to explore the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela. The Orinoco had an almost mythical reputation as a source of gold and coffee, and Chaffanjon in 1886–1887 was the first European explorer in the region in almost 100 years. Landing in the city of Guayra, he travelled up two of the continent's largest rivers, the Caura and the Orinoco, documenting the region's geology and his encounters with the indigenous population. His account of the journey was published in Paris in 1889, at a time when adventure literature was hugely popular in Europe. The book includes 56 engravings and two maps drawn by the French travel and nature artist Auguste Morisot. Chaffanjon's adventures were the direct inspiration for Jules Verne's Le Superbe Orénoque.

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    November 2010
    Paperback
    9781108006484
    360 pages
    216 × 140 × 20 mm
    0.46kg
    150 b/w illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Voyage sur le Caura:
    • 1. But du voyage
    • 2. Caractères anthropologiques des Guaraunos
    • 3. Le Macareo
    • 4. Une excursion dans la montagne
    • 5. Moitaco
    • 6. Santa Cruz
    • 7. Les savanes de Caicara
    • 8. Départ de San Pedro
    • 9. De las Bonitas à Caicara
    • Part II. Voyage aux sources de l'Orénoque:
    • 10. Les Guaharibos épouvantés par des légendes relatives aux sources de l'Orénoque
    • 11. Sur l'Orénoque
    • 12. Départ de Caicara
    • 13. Les monts d'Atures
    • 14. Les Piaroas
    • 15. Caractères anthropologiques du Baniva
    • 16. M. Mirabal
    • 17. Fuite de nos compagnons
    • 18. L'exploration des forets par les gomeros
    • 19. Le rio Cunu-Cunuma
    • 20. Le cassiquiari
    • 21. Réorganisation de l'expédition
    • 22. Le Mavaa
    • 23. L'expédition divisée
    • Linguistique
    • Table des matières.
      Author
    • Jean Chaffanjon