Vom Roroima Zum Orinoco 5 Volume Paperback Set: Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Nordbrasilien Und Venezuela in Den Jahren 1911-1913 [German]

by Theodor Koch-Grünberg

Theodor Koch-Gr nberg (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-Gr nberg encountered on this epic journey.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 1108006302
• ISBN13: 9781108006309
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 2164 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"