. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGRAPHY OF AMAZONIA, 119 merchants, especially the English, who have nearly monopolised the trade of the Purus basin, and the French, Jews and Christians, who are chiefly interested in the rubber industry of the E,io Jurua, Stations on the Lower Amazons. Itacoatlara, formerly Serpa, crowns a high bluff on the north side of the Amazons a little below the Madeira confluence. Lower down on the south side is seen the old station of Viila Bella (Villa Nova da Rainha or da Iinperatriz, according to the political changes), now Parinfiiis, where begin
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGRAPHY OF AMAZONIA, 119 merchants, especially the English, who have nearly monopolised the trade of the Purus basin, and the French, Jews and Christians, who are chiefly interested in the rubber industry of the E,io Jurua, Stations on the Lower Amazons. Itacoatlara, formerly Serpa, crowns a high bluff on the north side of the Amazons a little below the Madeira confluence. Lower down on the south side is seen the old station of Viila Bella (Villa Nova da Rainha or da Iinperatriz, according to the political changes), now Parinfiiis, where begin the cacao planta- Fig. 41.—Itacoatiara and Madeira Confluence. Scale 1 : 500, 9 Miles. tiens which form the chief wealth of the country. These are continued along the banks intermingled with other profitable cultures, such as tobacco, roucou, guarana, bananas, and maize. On the opposite side stands the town of Faro, near the point where Orellana met his pretended " ; Obidos, the ancient Pauxis, occupies a somewhat important strategical position on the left bank of the Amazons at the narrowest part of its course through Amazonia. But its importance is more apparent than real, and the country has benefited less from the garrison of the neighbouring fort than from the mocam- hidas (deserters) who have taken refuge in the Trombetas valley. Here they have laid out some coffee, cacao, and maize plantations, and have become almost. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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