Nauta 2203274 199456662 2008-03-19T22:47:15Z 80.140.200.235 qu {{otheruses}} '''Nauta''' is a bustling small town situated in the northeastern area of the [[Peruvian]] [[Amazon Rainforest|Amazon]] roughly 100km south of the Province's capital, [[Iquitos]]. Established by [[Pacaya–Samiria]]--a leader of the [[Cocama]] peoples following the 1830 uprising at the [[Jesuit]] mission of Lagunas, Nauta soon became the primary commercial hub of the [[Peruvian]] ''selva baja'' (known also as [[Omagua]], or the [[Amazonian]] lowlands) (See William Smyth and Frederick Lowe, 1836:204, 258). In 1853, a [[Brazil]]ian owned [[steam]] propelled ''paddle-wheeler'' made it all the way to the town of Nauta, located on the north bank of the major [[Upper Amazon]]ian tributary, the [[Marañón River]], a few miles from the confluence of the Río [[Ucayali]] (Edward Mathews, 1879). {{peru-geo-stub}} [[pt:Nauta]] [[qu:Nawta]]