Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon (1865-1958) was a Brazilian military man and Indianist. He explored much of the Brazilian interior and studied and helped the Indians of the region. Candido Rondon was born in Cuiabá in the state of Mato Grosso on...

1865-1958 Brazilian Explorer, Military Colonel, and Engineer Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon was one of the foremost explorers of South America. A colonel and engineer in the Brazilian army, he mapped much of Brazil's unexplored interior....

Cândido Rondón Born May 5, 1865, Mato Grosso, Brazil Died January 19, 1958, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil By the mid-nineteenth century Brazil’s Amazon River valley had become settled with plantations that produced rubber and other natural...

Cândido Mariano de Silva Rondon (May 5,1865-January 19,1958) was a Brazilian military officer who is most famous for his exploration of Mato Grosso and the Western Amazon Basin, and his lifelong support of Brazilian indigenous populations. He was the...

Stringing Together a Nation: Candida Mariana da Silva Rondon and the Construction of a Modern Brazil, 1906-1930. By Todd A. Diacon. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004. Pp. xii, 228. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $74.95 cloth; $21.95 paper. Cândido Rondon (1865-1958) enjoys a...

Stringing Together a Nation: Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Construction of Modern Brazil, 1906-1930. By Todd A. Diacon. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004. xi + 228 pp. Photographs, maps, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $74.95; paper, $21.95. ISBN: cloth 0-822-33210-8; paper 0-822-33249-3. ...