Brasilia, Brazil sits on a plateau home to cliffs, waterfalls, indigenous folk, and pioneers.

Brasilia and Chapada Dos Veadeiros In the America's with David Yetman

Premiered March 31, 2025
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This video will be available on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:00am.
Brasilia and Chapada Dos Veadeiros

Brazil’s capital city, far removed from the Amazon, sits on a plateau that is also home to home rugged cliffs, streams, and waterfalls, indigenous communities, homesteads of pioneering families, and habitats found in these mountains and nowhere else.

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In the America's with David Yetman

Hosted by research social scientist David Yetman, explore the landscapes, peoples and history of North and South America — from the coldest towns in Canada to the tropical islands of the Caribbean.

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