sendas

Updated: September 27, 2025

To avoid the sinuosities of the river and shorten the passage, the navigation is here performed in a very extraordinary manner. The depth of the water seldom exceeds half a fathom. These sendas are formed in the inundated forest like paths on dry ground.

Alexander von Humboldt - Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2