Amazon 'longer than the Nile'

A Peruvian geographic society claims the long-disputed source of the Amazon River was correctly identified in 1996 by Polish explorer Jacek Palkiewicz, despite claims by the US-based National Geographic Society to the contrary.

Amazon 'longer than the Nile'
Wed, 07 May, 2008 - 10:04

A Peruvian geographic society claims the long-disputed source of the Amazon River was correctly identified in 1996 by Polish explorer Jacek Palkiewicz, despite claims by the US-based National Geographic Society to the contrary.

The Geographic Society of Lima says Palkiewicz’s site passes more rigorous scientific tests than the various other alleged sources.

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