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Iquitos (/ ɪ ˈ k ɪ t ɒ s, iː-,-t oʊ s / ⓘ; [3] [4] Spanish pronunciation:) is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region.It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the ninth-most populous city in Peru.
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.
1867 (3)— American Explorer, James Orton travels from Quito, Ecuador to the Amazon via the Napo River, later writing an account of his trip. 1870-71 — Morgan Expedition, led by Charles F. Hartt and assisted by student Herbert Huntington Smith , conducts a geological and zoological survey of the northern portion of the Amazon valley.
Francisco de Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ðe oɾeˈʝana]; 1511 – November 1546) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador.In one of the most improbably successful voyages in known history, Orellana managed to sail the length of the Amazon, arriving at the river's mouth on 24 August 1542.
The várzea, or flooded forest, is found along seasonally flooded basins of tributaries of the upper Amazon River, and of the Amazon itself. [1] To the west the Iquitos várzea extends to the highest places where várzea is found in the Amazon region. The eastern boundary is defined by the Iquitos arch, an ancient crystalline arch that crosses ...
On 18 April, Wilmington departed Iquitos, headed back down stream, and reached Rio de Janeiro on 28 May, completing a 4,600 mi (7,400 km) round-trip voyage on the Amazon. On 6 June, she entered the Brazilian government drydock at Rio de Janeiro for routine bottom cleaning and remained there until 4 July, when she got underway and cruised south ...
Roosevelt and Rondon, c. 1914 After losing a bid for a third presidential term in the 1912 election, Roosevelt had originally planned to go on a speaking tour of Argentina and Brazil, followed by a cruise of the Amazon River organized by his friend Father John Augustine Zahm.
Tamshiyacu City has a population of about 8,000. [1] On the banks of the Amazon River about 50 km upstream from the city of Iquitos (about an hour by speedboat). [1] The population of Tamshiyacu is dedicated to fishing and growing humari, pineapples, cassavas and bananas.
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