Download or read book The Museum Journal, 1915, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) written by Pennsylvania University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Museum Journal, 1915, Vol. 6 HE Amazon Expedition has now been nearly two years in the field. Dr. Farabee arrived in Para in June, 1913, and has since that time conducted the work of the expedition in different regions of the Amazon basin with marked Success. Five Shipments have arrived at the Museum containing the collections made by the expedition during its several explorations. In addi tion to these there have been received a large package of note-books containing records of investigations carried on among the Indian tribes encountered by the expedition, as well as-a collection of over four hundred photographs, which, together with the notes and collections, present a very trustworthy record of aboriginal tribes, some of whom now for the first time become known to the world. The first journey undertaken by Dr. Farabee was one which had for its objective point the boundaries of Venezuela and Brazil. The route traveled was by way of the Rio Negro, Rio Branco and the Rio Uraracuera. A letter from Dr. Farabee dated at Boa Vista, October refers briefly to the results of this pre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.