On the cover of Aventures en Guyane,published in 1952 by Julliard in the collection "La Croix du Sud" directed by Paul-Émile Victor, we see a young man in bush uniform, pipe in hand. The face is smooth, the forehead high and broad, the lines well drawn, the outline of a smile and a determined air. The perfect image of the hero, fearless, reckless. Resistant in the maquis of Périgord then in Toulon, Raymond Maufrais dreams of journalism. He left in 1946 for Brazil, without knowing anyone, without money. Whatever. He is a fighter. He was hired by AFP Rio and managed to gain acceptance within a mission which tried to get in touch with the Chavantes Indians, nicknamed "the killers of Mato Grosso". After 1800 kilometers of rivers, 900 of pampas and forests, the Meirelles mission finds the remains of the Barbosa mission. The eight men who have been missing since November 1941 have been massacred. The explorers are in turn attacked. The pacification mission
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