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Through the Brazilian Wilderness · Theme
Frontier and Settlement
How Through the Brazilian Wilderness develops Frontier and Settlement.
Roosevelt portrays Brazil as a vast frontier with potential for development, comparing it to the American West, and discusses the role of pioneer settlers, rubber gatherers, and homesteaders in conquering the wilderness.
Where it surfaces
- Frontispiece 2
The journey traverses remote and frontier regions of South America.
- VII: With a Mule Train Across Nhambiquara Land
The chapter discusses the future agricultural and industrial potential of the Brazilian highlands, and the role of the Telegraphic Commission in opening the region.
- X: To the Amazon and Home; Zoological and Geographical Results of the Expedition
Roosevelt describes the lives of rubbermen settlers as true wilderness-winners, advocating for land laws to protect small homesteaders.