Hevea brasiliensis Observações e estudos das s das plantações de seringueiras da Empreza Ford, no rio Tapajóz. Relatório apresentado do Exmi. Snr. Dr. Alvaro Botelho Maia, Interventor Federal, e à Associação Comercial do Amazonas.
Manaus, Brazil: Departamento de Publicidade da Associação Comericial do Amazonas, 1940. Pamphlet. 24p. + 9 leaves of plates, illustrations, wraps. Edge wear, leaves toned. Good.
Illustrated, boosterish account of the author's visit to Ford Company rubber plantations, drawing comparisons between Fordlandia--Henry Ford's botched venture in rubber production and tropical urban planning--and Belterra, where Ford's plantations moved after the failure at Fordlandia. Depicts schools, churches, crop fields and addresses plant disease and cultivation techniques. Scarce.
Cat.No: 331768
Price: $45.00
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