ROOSEVELT'S RIVER.
EXPLORER CHALLENGES' THJS
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(By Ci.ble.—Prces ABe"ocifl^9i--C9pyrielit.)
(Received May 27th, 9.20 p.m.) ■:•"-.:■ - WASHINGTON, 3lay Declaring thftt all map-makors in th& world were wrong,; Colonel XtpoWrclt addressed the Nationah Oeogr&pbicat Society, describing tbe discovery of n now river, a thousand,miles 'long, in Brazil.' \. '' : ■■'/'■ ' *r. '. ■ -t-'.'---^--
Colonel 'Roosevelt challenged"; all scicutiste to prove him irrong, a« h<s was prepared to show'them exactly whero the river actually ran. Colonel Roosevelt named tho river Duvida. ;
Ho was loudly applauded: And acclaimed as. a notable American explorer. . ■. ..■■.' ■, '.■.':■*-;• -; ■'■ ".; ' ~■;..
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14979, 28 May 1914, Page 7
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84ROOSEVELT'S RIVER. Press, Volume L, Issue 14979, 28 May 1914, Page 7
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