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History:

The territory of Madre de Dios, in the areas near the Cusco provinces of Paucartambo and Quispicanchis, was known since the Inca Era. Inca Roca, first and Túpac Yupanqui, later, arrived to the higher part of the watershed of Alto Madre de Dios, incorporating it to the Empire.

In 1566, Mr. Juan Alvarez de Maldonado, heading an important expedition, went through the territory of Madre de Dios and navigated this river. However, the most important expedition was leaded by Mr. Faustino Maldonado, in 1860. This explorer, after going through the Ucayali and Urubamba rivers, arrived to Cusco. After staying two months in this city, he departed to Madre de Dios navigating by the Piñipiñi river and later by the Madre de Dios river, following the Madeira aiming the Amazonas, with the purpose of going back to the starting point. Lamentably he died drowned in the waters of the Madeira river, in the bad pasage known as the "Calderón del Diablo", and the expedition continued headed by his son, who, with th survivers, completed the scheduled route.

By the end of the XIX century and beginning of the current one, the "caucheros" (rubber men) go through it territory looking for the rubber and shiringa trees. The most conspicuous was Fermín Fitzcarrald, ho, in 1893 discovered the "Varadero de Fitzcarrald", nowadays known as the "Itsmo de Fitzcarrald".