A US-led, National Geographic Society expedition says it has confirmed the location for the exact source of the Amazon River. The source lies on a 5,597 meter high peak called Nevado Mismi in the Peruvian Andes. The National Geographic team had established Mismi as the river's source in 1971, but in recent years the possibility had been raised that the actual source was at another mountain....

Do you want to take a trip to Peru? And are you fascinated by history, archaeology and geography? Then you simply must take a look at this site, which offers all three in rare form. Created as part of a collaboration between Cornell University, The Mountain Institute, and the people of Vicos, the project offers a look at the legacy of the Cornell-Peru Project, an international development project...