My point..........stuff grows very well in places like Central America, Brazil.....as it does in California............Imperial valley...........near Yuma, Az............orange groves in northern cali.........central cali........commodities..........like oranges, lemons..........coffee............etc..........big industry..........like corn...........maize for the Indians................trade...........farming.........spice routes in Africa.........Asia.............all the Americas..........via rivers.......roads...



The rubber industry of the Amazon river basin...................dwarfed all other places............so u trade........

Amazon rubber boom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The rubber boom was an important part of the economic and social history of Brazil and .... Naturalrubber soon achieved a place of distinction in the industries of Europe and North America, reaching a high price. This caused various people to ...

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Rubber in Brazil: Dominance and Collapse, 1876-1945 - jstor

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Collapse, 1876-1945. 6 For the first few years of this century, Brazil was the major supplier of rubber to the world. However, the Amazonian wild rubber industry.

Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Manaus: When Rubber ...

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This "theft" would bring an end to Brazil's world monopoly in rubber within several ... town, was transformed after becoming the capital of the rubber industry.