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The last of seven programmes written by JOHN KEAY
'Had I Been a Wise Man.... '
Narrator John Rowe with Garard Green
At 43, Henry Savage Landor was ready to set off again on a further bout of exploration. His new stamping ground was to be the interior of South America.
Heedless of warnings that it was populated by 'millions and millions of ferocious cannibals', he left the town of Goiaz on 26 April 1911. His plan was to reach the Andes by way of the Mato Grosso and the tropical forests of the Amazon.
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK (R) Stereo (A book based on the series will be published this month by BBC
Publications in association with John Murray )

Contributors

Written By:
John Keay
Narrator:
John Rowe
Unknown:
Henry Savage Landor
Unknown:
Mato Grosso
Unknown:
John Murray
Henry Savage Landor:
Julian Glover
Source: Radio Times

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