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One River, two Journeys
Setting off to trace a 19th-century explorer's route down Brazil's SΓ£o Francisco river
In 1867, explorer Richard Burton canoed the length of the previously uncharted SΓ£o Francisco river in Brazil scouting for the British empire. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Brazilian journalist Paulo Cabral retraces the route, recording his own 21st-century impressions of life there.
Part one: from SabarΓ΅ city to a holy grotto in Bom Jesus da Lapa.
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