In the
first article it talks about how Theodore Rosevelt and some explorers went to
explore Brazil’s River of Doubt. It said that Theodore had fallen when walking
and split open his leg which then leads to making him become ill. It said that
Theodore had been concealing a vial of morphine which he had used to try to
heal himself which it didn’t help him. He then told his son Kermit to go with
the others and go onward with their journey and that he would stay behind. So
later Theodore was given a chance to go to South America and speak, which gave
him the opportunity to go to New York and see his son Kermit. The only thing in
his way was reaching the banks which included a grueling 1 month journey across
the Brazilian Highlands, and I didn’t help them much that they were running low
on supplies. Also when they arrived at the bank they had seen their canoes that
they had purchased in the water with holes in them and they were hard to steer.
The journey was long and painful, but eventually with the help of Rondon, who
was a local native, they made their way.
In the
second article it basically talks about the same thing. It says that Theodore
was caught up in a lot of political things in America and he needed to get away
from it all. So he decided to go on a trip to see his son in South America.
What he thought was going to be a nice trip with amazing sites turned into and
adventure into the most dangerous uncharted land in the heart of the Amazon
rain forest. The trip went from tour to survival with all the dangers they
faced. All because Roosevelt was asked to go explore the Amazons 1,000 mile
long river known as The River of Doubt.
Some of
the similar facts that the two articles share is that Theo was exploring a
river in the Amazon. They both also tell that it was a very long and painful
journey for Roosevelt and his men. Also they both menschen that Theo was
accompanied by Rondon, who was one of South America’s greatest explorers.
Some of
the differences between the two articles is that in the first article it says
that Theo is already in the Amazon and he gets hurt and that he wants to go
back to the states to see Kermit.
In the
additional article I searched it says just like the other two articles that TR
was going to see his son Kermit and he was offered to go and explore the
Amazons River of Doubt. He faced many challenges on his journey like losing
men, having low amounts of food, and injuries. It took the men almost 40-days
to reach the end of their journey. Over 2,000 species of birds and 500 mammals
had been collected for further study. After the fact the river was renamed
Roosevelt River by the Brazilian government.
