Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald López was a Peruvian rubber baron. He was born in San Luis, Ancash, in a province that was later named after him. In the early 1890s, Fitzcarrald discovered the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald, which was a portage route from the Ucayali River into the Madre de Dios River basin.
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Photograph of Shipibo natives taken by Charles Kroehle in the Upper Amazon River basin, circa 1888.
“Piros sailing the Pachitea River”
Piro natives near a tributary of the Pachitea River. This photograph was taken by Charles Kroehle in 1888.
“The only practical method for obtaining the latex of the Caucho tree”
Casa Fiscarrald - at the confluence of Urubamba and Mishagua.
Map depicting the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald, circa 1904.
Group of Guarayo people near the Tambopata River, circa 1903.Founders born in the 1860s 6
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Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald López was a Peruvian rubber baron. He was born in San Luis, Ancash, in a province that was later named after him. In the early 1890s, Fitzcarrald discovered the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald, which was a portage route from the Ucayali River into the Madre de Dios River basin. Fitzcarrald became known as the "King of Caucho" due to his success during the rubber boom. His enterprise exploited and enslaved Asháninka, Mashco-Piro, Harákmbut, Shipibo-Conibo and other native groups, who were then dedicated to the extraction of rubber. In 1897, Fitzcarrald, along with his Bolivian business partner Antonio Vaca Díez, drowned in an accident on the Urubamba River.
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