Notes on the Geography of Brazil: Manaus, 1984: Photo 10 The icon of Manaus, its opera house, built during the rubber boom. Seeds from the indigenous rubber tree was smuggled out and taken to Kew Gardens and from there to Malaya. Collectors of rubber from trees in the widely scattered Amazon forest could not compete with monocultural plantations. View: tiny * small * medium * big * biggest Photo Size Back to Brazil: Manaus, 1984 chapter Short link for this page: http://www.greatmirror.com?justpic=1236

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