Vom Roroima zum Orinoco by Theodor Koch-Grnberg - 9781108006255

Vom Roroima zum OrinocoErgebnisse einer Reise in Nordbrasilien und Venezuela in den Jahren 19111913\nAuthor(s): Theodor Koch-Grnberg\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108006255, 978-1108006255\nSynopsis\nTheodor Koch-Grnberg [tel] 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 [tel] expedition from the sandstone mountains bordering Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana through uncharted territory westwards to the Orinoco. Volume 1 is a description of the journey, based on the diaries in which Koch-Grnberg recorded his immediate impressions. This entertaining informal travelogue covers a huge variety of topics including insect life, illness, gambling, theft, food supply and hunting, myths and shamanic rituals, as we.