Joan Maria Mundó i Freixas

Angel Falls discovered by Cardona-Mundó.

Juan María Mundó Freixas (Barcelona, 1877 – Ciudad Bolívar, 1932) was a Spanish explorer and diamant trader.

In 1927 he organised, together with his son and the also Spanish explorer Fèlix Cardona i Puig, an expedition to the southwest of Venezuela starting in San Pedro de las Bocas, tracing back the rivers Caroni and Caruao until they arrived to the Auyán-tepui, discovering the waterfall known nowadays by the name Angel Falls (in honour of pilot Jimmie Angel, but in the native tongue were designated as Churun Merú).[1][2] This waterfall has more than 1 km of height and is the highest in the world.

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  1. Cunill, P. (2009). Historia de la geografía de Venezuela: siglos XV-XX (in Spanish). Volumen II. Consejo Nacional de Universidades, Oficina de Planificación del Sector Universitario. p. 589. ISBN 9789806604483.
  2. Conde-Salazar Infiesta, L. (2009). "Félix Cardona Puig. Descubridor del Salto del Ángel, la catarata de mayor desnivel del mundo". Atlas de los Exploradores Españoles (in Spanish). Barcelona, España: Editorial Planeta, S. A. y Sociedad Geográfica Española. p. 320. ISBN 978-84-08-08683-3.

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