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In 1843 a Portuguese engineer, Jose d'Almeida, described a natural plastic material to the Royal Asiatic Society in London. Gutta-percha, created by boiling the sap of the Malayan gutta tree ...
How demand for rubber led to the gory exploitation of native populations in South America and Africa
Gutta-percha was not the only latex material to be associated with Krakatoa’s eruption. Some 15 miles from Krakatoa, sheltering in the lee of a nearby island was the German ship Berbice ...
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