The earth and its inhabitants .. . ch, the Rio Inambari. Pent upin a rocky longitudinal valley at the foot of the Carabaya highlands, it receives 3G4 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. successive contiiliutioiis of the torrents from all the surrouudin<» upland despite its great size, geographers were ignorant till the middle of the nine-teenth century of the true course of the lladro de Dios, which also bears the localnames of Mana, ^Fayu-Tata and Amaru-iluyo, or Snake River. About the beginning of the fifteenth century the Inca Yupaiiqui descended thisriver at the head of 10,000
The earth and its inhabitants .. . ch, the Rio Inambari. Pent upin a rocky longitudinal valley at the foot of the Carabaya highlands, it receives 3G4 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. successive contiiliutioiis of the torrents from all the surrouudin<» upland despite its great size, geographers were ignorant till the middle of the nine-teenth century of the true course of the lladro de Dios, which also bears the localnames of Mana, ^Fayu-Tata and Amaru-iluyo, or Snake River. About the beginning of the fifteenth century the Inca Yupaiiqui descended thisriver at the head of 10,000 men to reduce the wild tribes along its banks. liehad to return after losing nine-tenths of his troops, but must have ascertained thetrue course of the stream beyond the point actually reached by the is explained the fact that Garcilaso de la Vega, heir of the science of theIncas, was aware that the Madre de Dios joined the lieni. Yet the normal direc- Fig. 140.—Basin of thk Madee he 1 : 10,000, Supposed course of the Madre de Dios befor<» the late discoveries. \HS Miles tion of its valley would seem to make such a confluence impossible, and mostgeographers long continued to regard the Madre de Dios as the chief branch of theEio Purus, which flows directly to the Amazons. The question was at last settled b}^ Faustino Maldonado and his seven braveyoung associates, who committed themselves to the current of the Inambari on afrail raft. After overcoming difficulties of all kinds, especially on the part of thesavage tribes roaming the riverine tracts, they entered the JIudre de Dios, passingthence down the Beni to the Madeira, where Maldonado, with three of his comrades,perished in the rapids. The rest of the party succeeded in reaching Manaos, wherethey reported the discovery. Their report, however, was discredited till confirmed THE BOLIVIAN ELVEES—CLIMATE. 365 in 1884 by Armentia, the explorer best acquainted with the forest regions of
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