Isthmus of Fitzcarrald
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isthmus-of-fitzcarrald-186-18036913
title:
Isthmus of Fitzcarrald
text:
The Fitzcarrald Isthmus is an 11 km long land bridge that connected important rubber trade routes of the Urubamba River and the Madre de Dios River in Peru. Carlos Fermin Fitzcarrald came across the land bridge in 1893 after repeated attempts to unite trade in the North and South of the Amazon basin during the Amazon rubber boom. Based on suggestions of local indigenous rubber workers who were familiar with the area, he began an initial exploration and subsequent clearing of the isthmus for tra
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historic site in Madre de Dios, Peru
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Fitzcarrald
date created:
2019-07-25T22:08:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T08:32:49Z
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