Carlos Fitzcarrald
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Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald López was a Peruvian rubber baron. He was born in San Luis, Ancash, in a province that was later named after him. In the early 1890s, Fitzcarrald discovered the Isthmus of Fi
Fitzcarrald at age 30.
“Piros sailing the Pachitea River”
Piro natives near a tributary of the Pachitea River. This photograph was taken by Charles Kroehle in 1888.
“The only practical method for obtaining the latex of the Caucho tree”
Isthmus of Fitzcarrald
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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 Fitzcarrald
…a Peruvian rubber baron. He was born in San Luis, Ancash, in a province that was later named after him. In the early 1890s, Fitzcarrald discovered the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald, which was a portage route from the Ucayali River into the Madre de Dios River basin. Fitzcarrald became known as the "King of Caucho" (natural rubber…
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Transporting a steam launch across the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald