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Lost Cities of The Amazon

       By Nikita Gordon
          History 27
    Pre Euro Latin America
Spanish Conquistadors
• 500 years ago the Spanish Conquistadors
  traveled to the Amazon in pursuit of Gold and
  Silver.
• They traveled from the Pacific to find a
  legendary city named El Dorado
• No treasures were ever found, but long lived
  stories of amazing, cities, villages and towns
  deep in the jungle.
Lt. Colonel Percey Fawcett
• Lieutenant Fawcett was apart of a elite society
  called the Royal Geographic Society.
• Newspaper readers all over the world followed
  his work.
• Some called him the real life Indiana Jones
• He began his quest in 1906 to the Amazon and
  mysteriously disappeared in 1925.
• The last decedents to see him alive were known
  as the Kuikuro Tribe.
Marajo

• Marajo is an island located at the mouth of the
  Amazon.
• Man made hills were built for heavy flooding and
  also burial sites.
• Historical artifacts such as Potsherds were found
  on this island and indicated when pieced
  together, that 500 years ago a settled society was
  living in the Amazon.
• These beautiful Ceramic Pots were made for
  secondary burial.
Marajo cont…
• The pots held
the remains of
Tribal members
After they
Passed on.
Manaus
• Known to be the heart of the Brazilian
  Rainforest.
• The main port of the Amazon Basin
Best market for goods.
Upper Xingu River
           (Shen-gu)




Still under Indigenous control.
Cuiaba
• Also under indigenous control and still
  isolated until this day.
• Village of The Kuikuro people.
• Homes sleep 15 to 20 people in one.
• Known as the City hidden in the jungle.

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Lost cities of the amazon pp

  • 1. Lost Cities of The Amazon By Nikita Gordon History 27 Pre Euro Latin America
  • 2. Spanish Conquistadors • 500 years ago the Spanish Conquistadors traveled to the Amazon in pursuit of Gold and Silver. • They traveled from the Pacific to find a legendary city named El Dorado • No treasures were ever found, but long lived stories of amazing, cities, villages and towns deep in the jungle.
  • 3. Lt. Colonel Percey Fawcett • Lieutenant Fawcett was apart of a elite society called the Royal Geographic Society. • Newspaper readers all over the world followed his work. • Some called him the real life Indiana Jones • He began his quest in 1906 to the Amazon and mysteriously disappeared in 1925. • The last decedents to see him alive were known as the Kuikuro Tribe.
  • 4. Marajo • Marajo is an island located at the mouth of the Amazon. • Man made hills were built for heavy flooding and also burial sites. • Historical artifacts such as Potsherds were found on this island and indicated when pieced together, that 500 years ago a settled society was living in the Amazon. • These beautiful Ceramic Pots were made for secondary burial.
  • 5. Marajo cont… • The pots held the remains of Tribal members After they Passed on.
  • 6. Manaus • Known to be the heart of the Brazilian Rainforest. • The main port of the Amazon Basin Best market for goods.
  • 7. Upper Xingu River (Shen-gu) Still under Indigenous control.
  • 8. Cuiaba • Also under indigenous control and still isolated until this day. • Village of The Kuikuro people. • Homes sleep 15 to 20 people in one. • Known as the City hidden in the jungle.