After Theodore Roosevelt's discouraging loss in the election of 1912, he needed a reason to get out of the country. Fortunately, he recieved one with a ticket to Argentina in the fall of 1913, having been asked to speak publically in Buenos Aires.

Shortly after his arival, the Brazillian minister of foreign affairs brought up the chance to explore the River of Doubt, an unmapped tributary of the Amazon named for its secrecy, as its discoverer hardly knew where it led. The daring ex-president could not say no, and in December embarked on the exhibition with his son, Kermit, a small team, and Colenel Candido Rondon, a famous explorer from Brazil.

The travel was trying all its way through, from losing the only animals they had brought shortly into their march, then facing the difficulties of the rain forest itself. From Indian attacks to discouragement and starvation, even a murder amongst their ranks, the men struggled merely to stay alive. Illness, such as malaria, affected nearly all of the men, inlcuding Roosevelt whom it almost killed. It was not until 27 April, 1913 that Roosevelt and his men finished their quest and landed in Sao Joao. They had travelled over 900 miles from the start of the river to its end. In his honour, the River of Doubt was renamed Rio Roosevelt.

Roosevelt never fully recovered from his great exhibition; he suffered heavily from reaccuring malaria up until his death in 1919.

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Facts in First reading

Roosevelt set sail for South America in the fall of 1913, brought about by an invitation to speak on the continent. Upon his arrival, the Foreign Minister of Brazil offered him the chance of a lifetime -- to explore a river left unmapped, the River of Doubt. Because of his explorer nature, the ex-president could not bring himself to say no, and in the December of 1913, set out with a small group to explore the river. He and his men suffered from loss of their provisions, attacks by various insects and snakes, attacks from the Cinta Larga tribesman, and even murder amongst their ranks. Three months following the journey they set out on, Roosevelt himself became terribly ill with malaria and a rising fever. He told the men to carry on without him, and concluded that he would take his own life with a lethal dose of morphine. Amazingly he survived with the aid of his son, Kermit, and they and three other of his men survived the dangerous river for it to be named Rio Roosevelt in his honour.

Facts in Second reading

Feeling sour with the election of 1912, Theodore Roosevelt needed any excuse to leave the country. Fortunately (or perhaps not), he recieved one, having been invited to speak in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While there, Brazil's minister of foreign affairs offered him the chance to explore an "unknown river", better now known as the River of Doubt. Ecstatic, Roosevelt left as soon as he could with his son, Kermit, Candido Rondon (famous explorer), and a small team of various others willing to go. The exhibition, all men soon learned, was not something to take lightly. They faced deadly rapids, Indian attacks, great disease, and starvation, then even the trouble of murder within their ranks. In his fifties at the time, Roosevelt himself nearly died, but survived the river to its end, only to discover that few believed they had really mapped the deadly river.

Facts in Third reading --

Theodore Roosevelt: Forging the River of Doubt

While in Brazil obtaining animal, bird, and plant specimens from its central plateau, Roosevelt recieved an invitation by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs -- the chance to explore the River of Doubt. Roosevelt, eager for adventure, agreed immediatly, and he along with his son, a famous explorer, and several others set out for the 900 mile trek 9 December, 1913. Travel was to be done in several dugouts over dangerous rapids, something that took its toll on the men. The boats were tossed around and food rations were scattered along with the loss of a man, only by 15 March, just over two months into the jounrey. Fever and insects bites constantly brought the group closer to their death, including the daring Roosevelt, who came close to death from a leg injury and severe fever. However, on 27 April, 1913, they reached the end in Sao Joao, exhibition considered a success by the thousands of species collected for further study. In his honour, the River of Doubt took the name Roosevelt River, and that stood as something to be proud for until Roosevelt's death in 1919.

Facts in all --

Roosevelt, in an act to leave America, accepted an invite to travel to South America, where he then was offered, by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the chance to map the River of Doubt in 1913. He left for the journey with his son, Colonel Rondon, and several others. Much danger was faced over the months they spent in the rain forest, such as death, disease, starvation, and simply the unwillingness to go on. Roosevelt himself nearly died. However, he reached the ending along with his son and a few others, and was honoured by the river's name shifting to Rio Roosevelt.

What are the different facts and why might they not be true?

While the first two articles say that Roosevelt was called down to South America to speak, the third tells us that he was already there in order to obtain specimens from Brazil's central plateau. The first mentions his lethal dose of methane carried with him all the time, and his decision to take his own life with it, but that isn't touched on in either of the other articles. The second article mentions Kermit living in South America, but the first just states he working there on business matters, which is indeed a difference itself. However, why might these be incorrect? Simply said, it is because only one article addresses that specific fact. Whereas the others say something different, or hardly mention it at all, the third talks about something that has a possibility of being false. In order to conclude for myself what is truly real and truly false, I would have to read through another article or two.