Word: parana
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Dates: during 1906-1906
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...Arequipa, Peru, on the west slope of the Andes, where the Harvard Observatory is located. From this point trips of a few months' duration will be made among the neighboring Indian tribes. The main work will be among the tribes living on the head waters of the Amazon and Parana Rivers. There has been no previous expedition of this sort from America, and the only work done in this region has been by the Germans. In an ethnological way the region is practically unexplored, and will be of the greatest importance in advancing scientific knowledge of the primitive South American...
...advancement of these remote tribes. It is hoped to make a complete collection of everything that may contribute to our knowledge of the races. Reports and collections will be sent frequently to the Peabody Museum. As the conclusion of the work the party will travel by boat down the Parana River, to its junction with the Platte River, down which they will pass to Argentine and Chile...