Italy / Mexico / Congo / Sri Lanka / Indonesia / Malaysia / Japan / United States / Brazil / Panama / Paraguay / United Kingdom / Trinidad / Singapore / Madagascar / /
Currency
cent / USD / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
USDA’s Northern Regional Research Center / Purdue University / /
IndustryTerm
natural product / Rubber tapper using special jebong knife / rubber prices / frantic search / light applications / crude rubber balls / natural-rubber boom / rubber capital / rubber latex / rubber industry / rubber / rubber bearing species / once-scorned rubber trees / wild rubber / synthetic rubber / rubber boom / rubber sources / rubber production / raw rubber / natural rubber / wild rubber trees / rubber species / rubber plantation industry / natural-rubber industry / crude tools / re-establish rubber growing / plantation rubber growing / plantation-grown rubber / rubber trees / wild rubber boom / /
NaturalFeature
Amazon Valley / Congo jungles / Indies / Amazon River / /
OperatingSystem
MacIntosh / /
Organization
USDA / Purdue University / USDA’s Northern Regional Research Center / British Colonial Service / /
Person
Charles MacIntosh / Charles Goodyear / Henry A. Wickham / Charles Marie de la Condamine / Robert Cross / Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée Aublet / Jules Janick / /
Position
botanist / geographer / /
ProvinceOrState
Illinois / /
Region
eastern Brazil / northeastern Brazil / Central America / Caribbean / West Indies / southwestern United States / Far East / northern South America / /
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