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One River, two Journeys

Setting off to trace a 19th-century explorer's route down Brazil's São Francisco river

In 1867, explorer Richard Burton canoed the length of the previously uncharted São Francisco river in Brazil scouting for the British empire. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Brazilian journalist Paulo Cabral retraces the route, recording his own 21st-century impressions of life there.
Part one: from Sabará city to a holy grotto in Bom Jesus da Lapa.

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project