Araguaya

Araguaya from the mouth of the Tapirape to the town of São Joao, where the Araguaya meets the Tocatins; on the N. the Tocatins as far as Jaraba thence a right line drawn to Alta Mira on the Xingu; on the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913

It was there, as I have said, that the great Araguaya had its birth.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

There were some rocky falls just below Porto Castanho which prevented navigation as far as the place where we crossed the Araguaya -- otherwise the river was navigable from those falls as far as Conceição.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Shortly after, by the equally good vessel _Araguaya_, of the Royal Mail Steamship

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Tapirapez River -- a small tributary on the west side of the Araguaya, shown on some of the very incorrect existing maps approximately in Lat.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

The country, after crossing the Araguaya, was remarkably beautiful, from an agricultural point of view -- enormous campos or prairies -- over rich alluvial deposits, with scanty stunted trees upon them.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

"There is only one boat on the Araguaya," said the Presidente to me.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

The River das Mortes flowed, roughly, first in an easterly then in a north-easterly direction, and soon, swollen by innumerable streams, became the most powerful tributary of the Araguaya River, which it met almost opposite the centre of the great island of Bananal.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Some 28 kil. from the Araguaya we came to a small miserable farmhouse.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Dom Pedro, the Emperor, there was even steam navigation almost all along the course of the upper Araguaya as far as Leopoldina, the port for Goyaz capital.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894