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What is the Amazon River?

What is the Amazon River?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 4 Monaten

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Welcome back to History's Not Boring! Join Mira and Finn as we
journey deep into the wildest place on Earth: the mighty Amazon
River! Did you know the Amazon stretches for 4,000 miles through
a massive, mysterious jungle? We're traveling back in time to
meet the daring and sometimes lost explorers who tried to map it!
First, we’ll follow a Spanish explorer named Francisco de
Orellana, who got totally lost in 1541 and became the first
European to travel the entire length of the river! He even named
it after legendary women warriors he claimed to have battled! But
he wasn't the last to brave the jungle. You won't believe the
wild true stories of rubber barons building a giant opera house
right in the middle of the rainforest, or the mysterious Percy
Fawcett who vanished without a trace in 1925 while searching for
a secret Lost City! Best of all, we'll learn about the brilliant
Indigenous peoples who didn't just survive in this extreme
jungle—they completely thrived there for over 10,000 years! Grab
your compass and your map, because this jungle adventure is going
to be epic!