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Expedition for the exploration of the Xingu in the year 1884book chapter 1886 • Steinen, Karl von den & Schütze, Frieda
Bakairi • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This document is a detailed travel report of the von den Steinen expedition through the Xingu area of Brazil by canoe from June through October of 1884. During these five months, the expedition visited the villages of at least four different tribes, ...Among the primitive peoples of Central Brazilbook chapter 1894 • Steinen, Karl von den & Schütze, Frieda
Bakairi • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
The principal members of this second von Steinen expedition, in addition to Karl, were his cousin, Wilhelm, an artist, Dr. Paul Ehrenreich, who did photography and anthropometric measurements, and Dr. Peter Vogel, whose interests were geography and g...