Bücher von Jean Chaffanjon

L¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Orenoque Et Le Caura (1889) est un livre ¿¿¿¿¿crit par Jean Chaffanjon, qui explore les rivi¿¿¿¿¿res Orenoque et Caura en Am¿¿¿¿¿rique du Sud. Le livre est une description d¿¿¿¿¿taill¿¿¿¿¿e de l'exp¿¿¿¿¿dition de Chaffanjon dans cette r¿¿¿¿¿gion, ö¿¿¿¿ il a ¿¿¿¿¿tudi¿¿¿¿¿ la faune et la flore, ainsi que les populations autochtones. Chaffanjon d¿¿¿¿¿crit ¿¿¿¿¿galement les paysages et les conditions m¿¿¿¿¿t¿¿¿¿¿orologiques de la r¿¿¿¿¿gion. Le livre est ¿¿¿¿¿crit en fran¿¿¿¿¿ais et est consid¿¿¿¿¿r¿¿¿¿¿ comme une source importante pour l'¿¿¿¿¿tude de l'histoire naturelle et de l'exploration en Am¿¿¿¿¿rique du Sud.This Book Is In French.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Jean Chaffanjon (1854-1913) was a natural history teacher in the French colony of Martinique who was commissioned by the French minister of state education and fine arts to explore the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela. The Orinoco had an almost mythical reputation as a source of gold and coffee, and Chaffanjon in 1886-1887 was the first European explorer in the region in almost 100 years. Landing in the city of Guayra, he travelled up two of the continent's largest rivers, the Caura and the Orinoco, documenting the region's geology and his encounters with the indigenous population. His account of the journey was published in Paris in 1889, at a time when adventure literature was hugely popular in Europe. The book includes 56 engravings and two maps drawn by the French travel and nature artist Auguste Morisot. Chaffanjon's adventures were the direct inspiration for Jules Verne's Le Superbe Orenoque.