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Spruce's travels for 1855
Taken from Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes (1908)
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 March
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15th : 6 am
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left Manaus (Barra) along the Rio Amazonas (Solimoes) |
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17th : pm
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passed the mouth of the large Rio Purús |
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25th : pm
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reached Sao Paulo d'Olivença |
| 27th: 4 pm |
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reached Tabatinga, Brazilian border town |
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29th
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reached Loreto, the first town in Peru |
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30th : pm
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reached Cochiquinas on the south bank of the Rio Amazonas |
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April |
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| 1st |
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reached Iquitos
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| 2nd |
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reached Natua, on the north bank of the Amazon a few miles above the mouth of the Río Ucayali
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| 16th : midday |
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left Nauta
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| 18th : 8 pm |
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reached 'San Regis', old missionary town
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| 21st |
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reached Parinari, left late the next day
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| 26th |
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reached Urarinas
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| 28th : night |
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left the Amazon and entered the Río Huallaga .....and stopped at the village of Lagunas (La Laguna)
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| May |
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| 4th : 5 pm |
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first view of the Andes....... the part seen is the "Serra de Curiayacu"
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| 5th : 10 am |
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reached the town of Yurimaguas
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| June |
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| 12th : 7.30 pm |
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Left Yurimaguas and continued up the Río Huallaga
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| 13th : 4.30 pm |
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passed the mouth of the Río Cainarache (Cainaiuche)
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| 17th : early morning |
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along a rapid where the river narrowed, passed some hot springs eminating from a black cliff
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| 18th |
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traversed the rapids of the Río Huallaga, called Yuracyacu (Yurac-yacu) and Curiyacu (Curi-yacu) where "water here bursts into foam over rocks"
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| 18th : evening |
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reached Chasuta on banks of Río Huallaga
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| 19th |
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left for Shapaja (Chapaja), a short distance, but traversing many rapids
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| 20th |
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traversed the rapids of Esteroyacu (Estero-yacu), passed Shapaja
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| 20th |
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reached mouth of Río Mayo, ascended Río Mayo to Río Cumbasa, from where they portaged the heavily laden canoes to Juan Guerra
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| late June |
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arrived in Tarapoto and established his residence there
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| November |
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| 20th |
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left for Cerro Campana, arrived at village of Lamas (6 deg 5 mins South) the next day
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| 22nd |
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reached Tabalosos on the upper Río Mayo
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November - December |
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intensive collecting in the region of Cerro Campana and "Lirio Pampa"
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