Joan Maria Mundó i Freixas explained

Juan María Mundó Freixas (Barcelona, 1877 – Ciudad Bolívar, 1932) was a Spanish explorer and diamond 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. Book: Cunill, P.. Historia de la geografía de Venezuela: siglos XV-XX. Volumen II. Spanish. 2009. Consejo Nacional de Universidades, Oficina de Planificación del Sector Universitario. 9789806604483. 589.
  2. Book: Conde-Salazar Infiesta, L.. Félix Cardona Puig. Descubridor del Salto del Ángel, la catarata de mayor desnivel del mundo. Atlas de los Exploradores Españoles. Spanish. 2009. Editorial Planeta, S. A. y Sociedad Geográfica Española. Barcelona, España. 320. 978-84-08-08683-3.