Charles Brewer-CarÃas
Charles Brewer Carias - (* 1938 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan naturalist and explorer who gained due to its numerous expeditions and scientific papers on the nature of Venezuela's international reputation. According to him, more than 20 animal and plant species as well as a cave named.
Life
Charles Brewer Carias, was born into a family of Venezuelan intellectuals. His grandfather Mathias Brewer was drawn as a diplomat to Venezuela and was for a long time Vice- Consul at La Guaira, a port near Caracas. His mother's family comes from a Spanish general, who came in the early 19th century for the fight against Simón Bolívar in the land.
Brewer - Carias took was 14 years, a job as an assistant at the Department of Anthropology at the Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales de La Salle in Caracas, and discovered a year later an archaeological site near his parents' house. At age 16, he took as a photographer part in an expedition on which the fishing methods of fishing were studied by Margarita. He earned his doctorate in 1960 and worked as a dentist for almost 20 years in this field. In addition, in 1961 he took a degree in biology, and headed in the same year his first expedition to the upper Río Paragua, which was organized with the aim of the lost city of San José de Guirior find again. In 1979 he became a politician and Minister of Youth and Sports in the Venezuelan Cabinet. In addition to his discovery activities, he worked as a prospector, and was involved in the through the publish Patrick Tierney book Darkness in El Dorado caused scandal involving alleged inhumane anthropological practices in dealing with the Yanomami.
Brewer - Carias is recognized Survival specialist and developer of a well-known in military and professional circles diameter. His personal record for making fire with sticks is 2.7 seconds. In addition, he is known as a photographer, and has published the photos of Venezuela's nature as illustrations in several books. In 2003, he was wounded in a shootout with burglars in his house by a shot hard on the shoulder, and took several years to recover from it.
Brewer - Carias lives in Caracas, he has five children from two marriages.
Scientific work
Brewer - Carias led more than 200 expeditions to the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela. His particular interest is the tepuis, the flora and fauna he examined. His companies are usually multidisciplinary, and his publications cover the fields of science botany, zoology, entomology, geology, geography and anthropology. Among other things, he lived with the Ye'kuana in the Orinoco basin and operational dental anthropology, he speaks the language of the Yanomami Ye'kuana and fluently. Together with Napoleon A. Chagnon, he released two documentaries about the Yanomami: Yanomama: A Multidisciplinary Study and The Feast. He also worked as cavers, exploring the caves of the Cerro Autana that Simas of Sarisariñama - tepui and the Cueva Ojos de Cristal in Roraima Tepui and discovered the Muchimuk cave system.
During his academic career, he worked with more than 250 different scientists, among others, Brian Broom, Julian Steyermark, Bassett Maguire, and James V. Neel.
Honors
In 1981 he received the land Army Cross and the Order del Libertador for his expeditions to the Essequibo region. For his work with Brian Broom among the Yanomami an Honorary Research Associate of the New York Botanical Garden has been appointed as the Jardin Botanico del Orinoco in Ciudad Bolívar. According to Brewer - Carias more than 20 plant and animal species in the rain forests of South America are named, such as the plant genus Brewcaria or the frog Colostethus breweri. Similarly, the Cueva Charles Brewer of Muchimuk cave system bears his name.
Publications
Brewer - Carias is the author of several books and co-author of numerous scientific publications. Among other things, he has published the following works:
- Las Simas de Sarisariņama. In: Boletín Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. 132-133, Caracas 1976, p 549-623.
- Venezuela. Central Information Office, Caracas 1982.
- La Vegetación Del Mundo Perdido. Cromotip, Caracas, 1986, ISBN 980-265-478-7.
- Roraima the crystal mountain. Editorial Arte Press, Caracas, 1988, ISBN 9803004883rd
- Cerro de la Neblina: resultados de la expedición, 1983-1987. Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales, Caracas, 1988, ISBN 9803004379th