First published in Paris in 1897, this book describes the expedition to the Xing River in the Amazon region of Brazil by the French scientist and explorer Henri Coudreau. Coudreau spent five months from May to October 1896 travelling down the Xing by boat, beginning at the river's southern origin at Vit ria and finishing in Par , where it joins the Amazon. He carried out the most detailed explorations of the region up to that time, and is deservedly...