Madeira-Mamoré́ expeditions collection 1875-1914.

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Madeira-Mamoré́ expeditions collection 1875-1914.

Consists of postcards, photographs, wood engravings, memorabilia, printed material, and newspaper and magazine clippings collected by Hepburn regarding the expeditions commissioned by the Brazilian government to build a railroad along the banks of the Madeira River.

.20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114828

Princeton University Library

Related Entities

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Madeira-Mamoré Railway.

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Madeira and Mamoré Association.

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Smith, Edgar A., 1880-1953

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Hepburn, Robert Hopewell.

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Robert Hopewell Hepburn graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1871. From the description of Tungsten : Committee on Finance, United States Senate : typescript, [1920] / by Robert Hopewll Hepburn. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63052303 Robert Hopewell Hepburn, engineer, graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1871. He was one of the American engineers who went on the 1878 Madeira-M...