Foreword ............................................. 1
CHAPTER 1 My First Rainforest Expedition: Suriname, August
26-October 9, 1963 ................................... 4
CHAPTER 2 On My Own Expedition to Brazil: From Brasília to
Beiém and Back, July 13-October 9, 1964 ............. 16
CHAPTER 3 Surveying for the Jarí Forestry Project on the Rio
Pacajá, August 24-November 21, 1965 ................. 26
CHAPTER 4 To Manaus With the Family: Acre, Humaitá, Roraima,
Mucajaí, Serra do Tepequém, August 20,
1966-March 5, 1967 .................................. 38
CHAPTER 5 From Steam Trains to Street Runways, May
11-December 2, 1968 ................................. 52
CHAPTER 6 Expeditions to Roraima Territory: Serra da Lua,
Auaris, and Surucucus With the Yanomami, January
5-February 24, 1969 ................................. 68
CHAPTER 7 Serra Surucucus to Uaicá, February 5-March 17,
1971 ................................................ 78
CHAPTER 8 Adventures and Challenges, Acre: Serra do Moa, Rio
Purus, Rio Curuquetê, Rio Negro and Makú Indians,
Rio Cunhuá and Dení Indians, April 12-December 1,
1971 ................................................ 92
CHAPTER 9 The First Curso de Botânica, 1973-1975: Trans-
Amazon Highway, Mato Grosso to Aripuanã and
Chapada das Guimarães, Auaris and Yanomami, Rio
Purus and Paumarí Indians, Victoria amazonica ...... 108
CHAPTER 10 The Rio Javarí Expedition, October 12-30, 1976 ..... 130
CHAPTER 11 The Alpha Helix Expedition, February 3-March 8,
1977 ............................................... 138
CHAPTER 12 Projeta Flora Amazônica Begins: Serra do
Cachimbo, the Pipe Mountain Range, October
21-December 5, 1977 ................................ 148
CHAPTER 13 A Digression Into the Pantanal of Mato Grosso,
June 6-25, 1979 .................................... 156
CHAPTER 14 Botanical Inventory of the Rio Xingu Forests,
November 18-December 5, 1980 ....................... 166
CHAPTER 15 Amazonas: Serra Aracá, January 30-February 27,
1984 and July 2-28, 1985 ........................... 172
CHAPTER 16 Ilha de Marajó, October 31-November 15, 1987 ....... 186
CHAPTER 17 Moving On .......................................... 194
Further Reading and References ..................... 201
Websites ........................................... 202
Index of Scientific Names .......................... 203
Index of People Mentioned .......................... 207
Eponymous Taxa ..................................... 210
Species Described in Homage to Some of the
Collaborators Mentioned ............................ 212
About the Author ................................... 213
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