The rubber boom and its legacy in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia

Mongabay
Nov 8, 2024, 5:32 pm149 pts
The invention of vulcanized rubber (1839), followed by the popularization of bicycles (1870s) and the invention of the automobile (1886), led to exponential growth in the demand for rubber, which was manufactured from latex produced by several species of trees endemic to the Amazon forest. The supply of rubber…

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