The departure date is coming nearer! We are talking about vaccinations, insect repellants, flashlights, extra memory cards and batteries, etc. Nothing compared to the heavy instruments La Condamine and Maldonado took with them!
When looking at all the places La Condamine mentioned in his book “Voyage sur l’Amazone” (see map and legend with 46 locations below) it is remarkable that most of these names still exist on modern maps. How many of them will we be able to visit and what will we find there now?
Places mentioned by La Condamine:
1. Cuenca; 2. Tarqui, salida 11-5-1743; 3. Zaruma, 17-5-1743; 4. Loja, 23-5-1743; 5. Malacatos, 27-5-1743; 6. Yangana, 3-6-1743; 7. Loyola; 8. Valladolid; 9. Rio Chinchipe; 10. Jaen de Bracamoros, 23-6-1743; 11. Tomependa; 12. Rio de Chachapoyas; 13. (Rio) Chuchunga, embarcacion cerca el puerto actual de Nazaret, 4-7-1743; 14. Cumbinama; 15. Escurrebragas y Guaracayo, 9-7-1743; 16. Sant-Iago de las Montañas, Jibaros indigenes, 10-7-1743, Maria de Nieva no mencionado; 17. Pongo de Manseriche, 10-7-1743; 18. Borja, 14-7-1743, “un nouveau monde”; 19. Pasada Rio Morona, 15-7-1743; 20. Pasada Rio Pastaça, 17-7-1743; 21. Pasada Rio Guallaga, La Laguna, reunión con Don Pedro Maldonado, 19/23-7-1743; 22. Pasada Rio Tigre, misión Yaméos, 25—7-1743; 23. pasada Rio Ucayali, 26-7-1743; 24. Saint-Joachin de Omaguas, 29-7-1743; 25. pasada Rio Napo, 31-7-1743; 26. Pevas, ultima misión espanola; 27. Saint-Paul, primera misión portugese, 5-8-1743; 28. misiones Yviratuva, Traquatuha, Paraguari y Tefe, 10-8-1743; 29. Pasada Rio Japurá; 30. Coari, 12/20-8-1743; 31. Pasada Rio Purus, 22-8-1743; 32. Pasada Rio Negro, Manaus, 23-8-1743; 33. Pasada Rio Madera, Tupinambara, 24-8-1743; 34. Pasada Rio Nhamunda, 28-8-1743; 35. Fortaleza Pauxis (Obidos), 2-9-1743; 36. Fortaleza Tapajos (Santarem), Rio Tapajos, 3-9-1743; 37. Pasada Rio Xingu, fortaleza Paru (Porto de Moz?), 6-9-1743; 38. Curupa, 9-9-1743; 39. Pasada Rio Tocantins, Pará (Belem) 19-9 hasta 29-12-1743, salida Maldonado por Lisboa; 40. Isla de Marajo, 1-1-1744; 41. Punto Maguari, 11-1-1744; 42. Fortaleza Macapá, 18/19-1-1744; 43. Pasada Rio Arawari, Cabo Norte, 1-2-1744; 44. Pasada Rio Oyapoc, Cabo Orange, 23/24-2-1744; 45. Cayenne, 26-2 hasta 22-8-1744; 46. Paramaribo, 28-8 hasta 3-9-1744, salida La Condamine por Amsterdam.
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