| Description | Notes and correspondence relating to the reconnaissance party sent to Brazil in 1966 ahead of the main Mato Grosso expedition. The file includes reports from Professor Tom Harris, one of which is duplicated in the committee papers [exp/6/3/1/27, T.D. Pennington and Mr Kirwan, secretary of the Royal Georgraphical Society. Other records in the file notes and drafts for a press release and correspondence between the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society, as well as other interested parties such as the British Council and Brazilian Academy of Sciences. |