The Amazon Expedition

William Curtis Farabee conducted a pioneering expedition to the Amazon in 1913. For three years he explored and collected among the little-known tribes of the Amazon, Guyana, and eastern Peru, and conducted excavations on the Island of Marajo, at Santarem, and explored several small waterways once inhabited during prehistoric times at the mouth of Brazil’s Amazon River in the State of Pará. His work resulted in a wealth of field notes, linguistic data, physical measurements, drawings, photographs, and specimen collections, both archaeological and ethnographic.

Vol. XII / No. 3

By: William Curtis Farabee

Explorations at the Mouth of the Amazon

Of the whole drainage of the Amazon, the great island of Marajo, lying in its mouth like an egg in […]

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Vol. X / No. 3

By: Wm. C. Farabee

The Apalaii

After floating with the tide up the Amazon River for several days in a small canoe we turned north into […]

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Vol. VIII / No. 2

By: Wm. Curtis Farabee

The Amazon Expedition

The Tapajos Our next long journey was made up the Tapajos River, to the state of Matto Grosso, where the […]

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Vol. VIII / No. 1

By: WM. Curtis Farabee

The Amazon Expedition of the University Museum

To the Head Waters of the Amazon After returning from the Guianas, we made a journey of 2,200 miles up […]

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Vol. VII / No. 4

By: W. C. F.

The Amazon Expedition of the University Museum

The Indians of South America are physically so similar to those of North America, and so unlike any other possible […]

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Vol. IV / No. 1

The Amazon Expedition

The Amazon River has challenged exploration since the men who conquered Peru passed over the Andes and launched their improvised […]

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