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Wall Street Journal: When we think of the men who mapped the New World's rivers, we tend to conjure up schoolbook scenes like Hernando de Soto crossing the Mississippi and Henry Hudson sailing into New York Harbor. And though these celebrated seekers may not have found what they were looking for--gold, the northwest passage to Asia--they were spurred on by the hope of discovering something great. But the first man to trace the premier river of earth, the Amazon, was only trying to find his way home. Francisco de Orellana......
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Escaping The Rainforest
Posted by Wall Street Journal: Gerard Helferich on February 22nd, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation