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Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon
Born:
May 5, 1865, Mimoso, near CuiabĂĄ, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Died:
January 19, 1958, Rio de Janeiro (aged 92)
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Cândido Rondon

Brazilian explorer
Also known as: Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon
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Theodore Roosevelt and Cândido RondonTheodore Roosevelt (left) and Cândido Rondon in Mato Grosso estado, Brazil, 1913–14.

Cândido Rondon (born May 5, 1865, Mimoso, near Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil—died January 19, 1958, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian explorer and protector of indigenous people. As a young soldier, he was assigned to extend telegraph lines into the Brazilian backlands. In 1913–14 he and U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt headed an expedition that explored a tributary of the Madeira River. In both these undertakings, Rondon came into close contact with indigenous people of the interior. Appalled at their mistreatment by developers and settlers, he helped create a government agency for their protection. The state of Rondônia, created in 1982 from the former Guaporé territory, was named for him.

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