Carlos Scharff (30 October 1866 – 28 July 1909) was a Peruvian rubber baron of German descent who was active along the Upper Purus and Las Piedras rivers during the Amazon rubber boom in Peru. He also served for many years during his youth as an agent for the Belgian consulate in Brazil.
Between 1897 and 1909, Scharff enslaved and exploited indigenous peoples in the territory he controlled, primarily for the purpose of increasing rubber extraction for his firm.[1] He was responsible for the displacement of numerous indigenous populations, forcing them to migrate along with his enterprise when the latter would relocate. These populations include tribes of Piro, Amahuaca, Machiguenga, Asháninka, Conibo, Yine, and Yaminawá people.
Scharff was heavily involved in a border conflict between Peru and Brazil in 1903–1904, which he had a role in instigating. Brazilian journalist Euclides da Cunha referred to Scharff as the "great land lord" of the Upper Purus, where many rubber exporters were dependent on him by 1905.
The Geographic Society of Lima credits Scharff with the establishment of a portage route around 1905, that connected the Upper Purus to the Madre de Dios River. Along this section of the Purus, he facilitated the exploitation of rubber sources, as well as a general increase of commercial movement along the course of the river. Scharff was killed in 1909, after a mutiny by his workforce near the Piedras River. The India Rubber World reported that at the time of his death, Scharff was $3,000,000 in debt. Anthropologist William Curtis Farabee referred to him as "the most notorious of all rubber gatherers in the Upper Amazon region."
CarlosScharff (30 October 1866 – 28 July 1909) was a Peruvian rubber baron of German descent who was active along the Upper Purus and Las Piedras rivers...
Søren Hvalkof discovered members of the Scharff family related to Carlos Fitzcarrald's foreman CarlosScharff were still participating in debt bondage...
Tierra del Fuego. The extracting efforts of Julio Arana, Carlos Fitzcarrald, CarlosScharff and Nicolás Suárez resulted in horrific abuses against the...
Amahuaca tribes were largely exploited by rubber barons like Carlos Fitzcarrald and CarlosScharff. The Amahuaca are also known as: Amaguaco, Amawaca, Amawáka...
groups around the Ucayali, Urubamba, and Manu Rivers between 1880-1897. CarlosScharff exploited and enslaved Yine, Machiguenga, Amahuaca, Yaminahua, Mashco...
Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides Da Cunha, CarlosScharff, a successful rubber baron on the Purus River, was "the model for the...
Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical: 1449–1451. doi:10.1039/J19670001449. P. Scharff; E. Stumpp; M. Höhne; Y. X. Wang (1991). "Upon the intercalation of rhenium...
Scorpions, with Special Reference to Parthenogenesis" (PDF). In Toft, S.; Scharff, N. (eds.). European Arachnology. Aarhus University Press. pp. 74–76....
Augsburg, which laid the foundation of the House of Habsburg. Work by Anton Scharff for the 600th anniversary of the constitution of the Erblande, 1882....
Automobile, archived from the original on 30 April 2015, retrieved 18 July 2009 Scharff, Virginia (1992). Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age...
in scorpions, with special reference to parthenogenesis", in Toft, S.; Scharff, N. (eds.), European Arachnology 2000 (PDF), Aarhus University Press, pp...
1997) probable – Merline Johnson, blues singer (died) January 3 – Harald Scharff, ballet dancer, 75 January 30 – Florence St. John, singer and actress,...
held in Chicago includes a reenactment of an interrogation between Hanns Scharff, master Luftwaffe interrogator known for his subtle approach, and American...
York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1907. p. 153. Retrieved 2 February...
Richard Etulain, Ferenc Szasz, Margaret Connell-Szasz, Paul Hutton, Virginia Scharff, and Samuel Truett. The department has collaborated with other departments...
"Good and Evil Spoken Of". Ensign. Retrieved 5 November 2013. Gilbert W. Scharffs (1989). "Appendix C: Samples of Prophecies of Joseph Smith that have been...
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