Naturalist's Great-Great-Grandson to Retrace the Two-Year Long Voyage through the Americas of the 1850's
When Jean-Francois de Buren was a kid growing up in Marin, he’d often thumb through his great-great-grandfather’s journal.
Penned in French, the old bound book details the two-year-long journey that Henri de Buren, a Swiss naturalist, made from 1852-1854 in the Americas.
The trip took de Buren, then in his late 20s, across Mexico on horseback, over the Andes mountains and down the Amazon River. He visited the United States, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Brazil.
John de Buren wants to retrace his great-great-grandfather’s footsteps and make a documentary film about the experience.
The Novato resident, a married father of two, is looking for funding and hopes to depart within six months.
“This was something I was always drawn to,” de Buren said.
It’s easy to see how a boy in Marin would be intrigued by his great-great-grandfather’s story – especially since Henri de Buren was a Swiss nobleman who lived in a honest-to-goodness castle in the city of Neuchatel. Jean visited the castle as a boy.
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Penned in French, the old bound book details the two-year-long journey that Henri de Buren, a Swiss naturalist, made from 1852-1854 in the Americas.
The trip took de Buren, then in his late 20s, across Mexico on horseback, over the Andes mountains and down the Amazon River. He visited the United States, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Brazil.
John de Buren wants to retrace his great-great-grandfather’s footsteps and make a documentary film about the experience.
The Novato resident, a married father of two, is looking for funding and hopes to depart within six months.
“This was something I was always drawn to,” de Buren said.
It’s easy to see how a boy in Marin would be intrigued by his great-great-grandfather’s story – especially since Henri de Buren was a Swiss nobleman who lived in a honest-to-goodness castle in the city of Neuchatel. Jean visited the castle as a boy.