Schragen der Gilden und Aemter der Stadt Riga bis 1621

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Identifikator:: 832850500

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-69619

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Schragen der Gilden und Aemter der Stadt Riga bis 1621

Place of publication:: Riga

Publisher:: Häcker

Year of publication:: 1896

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 758 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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20 SELLING LATIN AMERICA of tea for native use), mandioca (a starchy tuber from which a bread is made much liked by the native) and cacao are also extensively grown. India rubber, the use of which was early known to the Indians of Brazil, to whom it is indebted for its name, is the second lead ing product of this remarkable land. The tree, the juice of which produces this twentieth century necessity, grows wild in the northern portion of the country, although it can be suc cessfully cultivated. No effort is made to preserve the trees when once tapped, and the rubber prospectors are continually going far ther and farther into the interior in search of new districts. The trees are from three to twelve feet in diameter, of slow growth, in digenous to the region of the Amazon and its tributaries, growing wild, scattered through the jungles and tropical shrubbery. The forests of Brazil are practically virgin. They abound in dye, cabinet and hard woods and the opportunities for the development in this field alone are enormous. Due to the fact that the country has a wonderful series of

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