Posted on 09/06/2010 8:42:43 AM PDT by Palter
Ms. Roosevelt, Amazon, etc.
Might need to use bug me not.
“...a historical black hole.”
Hmmm...speaking of President Obama, does he know about this?
Uh, how can he tell it was made fertile hundreds of years ago? Do the years since then have nothing to do with its fertility?
More beauty destroyed by evil whitie.... Yakub did all this....
He could be referring to the massive use of fires to change the landscape and irrigation and canal systems established by some of the Indians for agricultural improvement.
Better hide those before the Taliban deface them.
Top environmental experts theorize that these small but advanced civilizations were suddenly rendered extinct after Spanish conquistadors introduced large SUV’s, which rapidly led to devastating climate change. “You’d have to believe the earth is flat, to believe otherwise,” remarked environmental Nobel award winner, Al Gore.
If only Lope de Aguirre had gotten there a little sooner...he could have found a flourishing civilization. Of course he probably would have massacred everyone.
Yakub did all this....Nah. Bush's fault.
Interestingly, the many recent attempts to recreate terra preta have not been successful. Most soils are made fertile with the addition of human waste (cf China). However, terra preta contains many other ingredients which, unlike other man made or naturally occurring soils, does not lose its fertility with years of use, nor does its depth deplete.
If someone finds a way to duplicate terra preta, they will pretty much become instant billionaires, as any soil anywhere could be made to grow anything indefinitely.
And add a perpetual motion machine and we will all live forever!
Reading the diary of Francisco de Orellana, the first European explorer to travel down the Amazon from Peru to the Atlantic, he wrote of numerous large villages and highly organized societies. All of them tried to kill him and his men. He was attacked by a tribe of very tall, powerful female archers which is how the river got its name.
IIRC, he started with about 500 men plus horses, war dogs, and many porters. IIRC, he made it to Trinidad with about 20 survivors.
British man walks entire Amazon river in 2 years
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After they were welcomed in one Indian community in September 2008, the leaders offered to radio ahead to the next village for permission for Stafford and Rivera to walk through their territory.
"The response came back crystal clear. If a gringo walks into their community they will kill him," Stafford wrote on his blog at that time.
He decided to plan a route around the village, but he was still captured by Indians from another village and taken to their leaders.
After being dressed down and having their possessions thoroughly picked over — only a machete was confiscated — Stafford and Rivera's repeated explanations of the point of their expedition won over the Indians.'
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