Articles tagged with: indians
The rubber boom
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From the 1890s to the 1920s rubber from the was in high demand, it was used to produce tires for automobiles, waterproof shoes and clothes.
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Foreign companies settled in …
Peru’s Forest Indians
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Indians living in the forest were less affected by the Spanish conquerors than the Andean Indians. Spanish missionaries reached the area later in the eighteenth century but the real clash …