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ROOSEVELT'S RIVER
KNOWN A CENTURY
SAYS II. H. MILLWARD

| New York, July 29.--Russell Hastings
Millward, who returned to New York
last week after n tramp of S14 miles in
uncharted parts of South America, in the
valleys of the Cauca and Porca. in the
department of Antioquia, also In San
lander, Bayaca and Bolivar, came laden
Natural History the Geological society
and numerous archaeological. chronological
and anthropological ORGANIZATIONS with
which he is connected.
Mr.. Millward also brought back
strong conviction that Colonel Roose-
velt's "River of Doubt" has been known
to school children in Europe and South
America as the Rio Canuman. and that
for over a century it has been we'll known
as one of the important tributaries of the
Madeira river.
81 do not think the colonel looked for
that river on his maps with the miscro-
SCOPE vision of an analytical mind"
said Mr.. Millward yesterday to a report
or. II find this River of Doubt charted
as the Rio Canuman on the map of
South America on pages seven and eight
Of the Atlas Universal (Edicion Colom-
biana), por f, Nolckmar, published by
b. Iierder librero, editor Friburgo de
Brisgovia Ctlemania), 1913
THE Rio Canuman corresponds with
the Unknown River sketched by Colonel
Roosevelt in a standard map and repro
duced in his article in the July Serb
ners.
".-lthOuEh the atlas to which | refer
is but elementary in character. 1t shows
lnn,,
was known even to school children in
Europe and South America.
In Agustln Codazzi's atlas of the Re-
public of Colombia, although the maps
are confined principally to the countries
of Venezuela Colombia and Ecuador,
his chartlng was carried out to the limit
Of his projection; and | find by refer
ring to his maps that he has been most
persistent I'm the charting of this river
and undoubtedly had reliable information
as to Its location and Importance.
1T Is found ON plates one, three, four,
i've six, eight nine, II, u. II, 10, IS and
49, The atlas was presented to me when
was last in South America by Codazzl's
daughter, Mrs. Constance -Codazzi-Con-
vers. She lives at present In Bogota and
dld most of the actual charting of her
fathers surveys and observations
MAPS LITTLE CHANGED
| General Codazzi was probably one of
| the most distinguished cartograuhers
known to history and his maps have stood
the test of time with little or no change.
when ] returned to the States last
week, ! noted the articles that had been
written concerning Roosevelts claim to
| his having put upon the map an unknown
river His claim is that the upper course,
| that he travelled, had never hitherto been
| traVersed.
| He said that the cartograuphers of Eu-
| rope, America and Brazil were so totally
| ignorant of it's existence that not hint of
| 1t was to be found on the map. He de-
clares II was known to the rubber men s
! the Ariponan and that on the Brazilian
| map he had In his possession this large
| river was charted as creek.
| Roosevelt declares In his July Serb
| ner's article that before he went up this
| river the boundary commission OF the
state OF Amasonas had travelled up the
| Ariponan, but that they did not go mp
/! Che branch that he came down, called by
AlhaH xAsphsQ Eneyi tho CAslanl9f HQ. de-