Thomas Whiffen
Biographic Data
| ID | 695934 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Whiffen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Whiffen |
| SIGNATURE | WHIFFEN T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1913 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The north-west Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes
This 1915 volume recounts Captain Thomas Whiffen's travels in Brazil and Colombia in the region between the rivers Issa (or Içá) and Apaporis, and the Putumayo District. The study looks at the way in which the indigenous peoples, especially the Boro and Witoto, relate to their land. He describes their way of life, including their homes, agriculture, food, weaponry, warfare, clothing, health and medicine, songs and dances, magic and religion, trib…
The North-West Amazons. Notes of Some Months Spent among Cannibal Tribes
A Short Account of the Indians of the Issá-Japurá District (South America)
NORTH of the main artery of the great Amazonian system, between the Rio Negro and the Napo, both of which tribu taries have long been known to the traveller, trader, and missionary, lies a great stretch of virgin forest, drained by the Issa and the Japura rivers and their affluents.To the north of the Japurd the watershed of an important tributary of the Negro, the Uaupes river, has also been more or less opened to European influences, but the Is…
The North-West Amazons. Notes of Some Months Spent among Cannibal Tribes
The north-west Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes
This 1915 volume recounts Captain Thomas Whiffen's travels in Brazil and Colombia in the region between the rivers Issa (or Içá) and Apaporis, and the Putumayo District. The study looks at the way in which the indigenous peoples, especially the Boro and Witoto, relate to their land. He describes their way of life, including their homes, agriculture, food, weaponry, warfare, clothing, health and medicine, songs and dances, magic and religion, trib…
A Short Account of the Indians of the Issá-Japurá District (South America)
NORTH of the main artery of the great Amazonian system, between the Rio Negro and the Napo, both of which tribu taries have long been known to the traveller, trader, and missionary, lies a great stretch of virgin forest, drained by the Issa and the Japura rivers and their affluents.To the north of the Japurd the watershed of an important tributary of the Negro, the Uaupes river, has also been more or less opened to European influences, but the Is…
A Short Account of the Indians of the Issá-Japurá District (South America)
NORTH of the main artery of the great Amazonian system, between the Rio Negro and the Napo, both of which tribu taries have long been known to the traveller, trader, and missionary, lies a great stretch of virgin forest, drained by the Issa and the Japura rivers and their affluents.To the north of the Japurd the watershed of an important tributary of the Negro, the Uaupes river, has also been more or less opened to European influences, but the Is…
The North-West Amazons. Notes of Some Months Spent among Cannibal Tribes
The north-west Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes
This 1915 volume recounts Captain Thomas Whiffen's travels in Brazil and Colombia in the region between the rivers Issa (or Içá) and Apaporis, and the Putumayo District. The study looks at the way in which the indigenous peoples, especially the Boro and Witoto, relate to their land. He describes their way of life, including their homes, agriculture, food, weaponry, warfare, clothing, health and medicine, songs and dances, magic and religion, trib…
Ancient history (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous Cultures and History (2 works) · Indigenous Studies in Latin America (2 works) · Amazon River Valley (1 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (1 works)