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Spruce's travels for 1857
Taken from Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes (1908)
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March |
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22nd |
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left Tarapoto, going downriver on the Río Huallaga
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April |
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6th |
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left Lagunas (La Laguna) and upriver on the Río Marañon
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7th |
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entered the Río Marañon, reached a small collection of six houses
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9th |
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came to the deserted village of "Shiruri"
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11th |
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reached the mouth of the Río Pastaza (Pastasa)
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26th : 3.30 pm |
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reached the village of "Pinches Nuevo"
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29th : am |
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reached the village of Andoas on the left bank of the Río Pastaza (Pastasa)
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May |
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5th : midday |
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left Andoas |
6th |
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left the Río Pastaza and entered the mouth of the Río Bombonaza (Bombanasa)
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14th |
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passed the mouth of the Río Pucayacu (Puca-yacu)
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15th : 5.30 pm |
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reached "Palisada-Zipishko" and remained all night on an island
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19th : 10.30 am |
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stopped at the mouth of Quebrada Sarayacu (the Saru-yacu stream)
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19th : 4:30 |
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reached the village of Sarayacu (Saru-yacu)
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21st : 4 pm |
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reached the port of Pucayacu (Puca-yacu)
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June |
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10th : 8 am |
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left Pucayacu (Puca-yacu)
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12th |
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reached Canelos |
14th |
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left Canelos to resume ascent of Río Bombonaza
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intensive collecting along the trail from Canelos to Baños
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23rd |
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reached Quebrada "Allpa-yacu"
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24th |
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climbed over "Abitagua", an arm of the Cerro de los Llanganates, to reconnect with the Río Pastaza
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26th |
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following the Río Pastaza along its banks
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29th |
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reached Río Verde
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July |
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1st |
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arrived in Baños
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