The Roosevelt River (Rio Roosevelt, sometimes Rio Teodoro) is a Brazilian river. It begins in the state of Rondonia and winds for about 400 miles (640 km) until it junctures with the Aripuana River. Rondônia is a state of Brazil, located in the northern-western part of the country. ...
Formerly called Rio da Dúvida (“River of Doubt”), the river is named after Teddy Roosevelt, who travelled into the central region of Brazil during the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition of 1913. Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858–January 6, 1919) was the twenty-fifth (1901) Vice President and the twenty-sixth (1901-1909) President of the United States, succeeding to the office upon the assassination of William McKinley. ... This was the expedition that Theodore Roosevelt went on, along with Candido Rondon in 1913-1914. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Kermit was born at the Roosevelt residence Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, New York.
During this expedition, they discovered the Rio of Doubt, later renamed RioRoosevelt in honor of the President as well as branch of that river would be named the Rio Kermit in Kermit's honor.
Today, the RioRoosevelt is commonly called the Rio Teodoro by Portuguese-speaking Brazilians because of pronunciation difficulties they have with the name 'Roosevelt'.
The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition was jointly lead by Theodore Roosevelt and Candido Rondon in 1913-1914 to be the first explorers of the 1000-mile long "River of Doubt" (later renamed RioRoosevelt) located in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon basin.
Roosevelt had originally planned to go on a speaking trip of Argentina, and Brazil, followed by a cruise of the Amazon River.
Roosevelt himself was near death as a wounded leg had become infected and the party feared for his life each day.
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