Vom Roroima zum Orinoco 5 Volume Paperback Set : Ergebnisse einer Reise in Nordbrasilien und Venezuela in den Jahren 1911-1913 Mixed media product
by Theodor Koch-Grunberg
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Theodor Koch-Grunberg (1872-1924) was a noted German ethnologist and explorer whose work on the indigenous peoples of Brazil and Venezuela is still consulted by anthropologists, ethnologists and linguists.
His most important publication was this five-volume account of his 1911-1913 expedition from the sandstone mountains bordering Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana through uncharted territory westwards to the Orinoco.
Volume 1 describes the journey itself, and the author's reactions to his varied experiences.
Volume 2 contains sixty myths and legends, eleven of them given in the original language as well as translation.
Volume 3 describes the material and spiritual culture of a number of tribes, and includes a substantial appendix on music.
Volume 4 contains linguistic data on nineteen languages, Cariban, Arawak and isolates, several of them previously undescribed.
Volume 5 provides 185 photographs showing the physical characteristics of the different tribes Koch-Grunberg encountered on this epic journey.
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- Pages:2164 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:14/01/2010
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- ISBN:9781108006309
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Item not Available
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:2164 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:14/01/2010
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- ISBN:9781108006309
