Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1916 — SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORER

Dr. Edwin Heath of Kansas City, eighty-eight years old, and a rival of Colonel Roosevelt in fame as an explorer, discovered the river in Brazil which bears his name, and is the only North American outside of former President Roosevelt for whom a South American river has been named. Doctor Heath is a life member of the Royal Geographical society, and although he has given up explorations in favor of his practice as a physician in his home city, he is still known and honored by geographers everywhere.