This late discovery can be understood if one remembers how extremely remote, inaccessible and uninhabited that part of the Amazon region is even today, and that it could hardly be expected that such a high mountain (by Brazilian standards) could be found standing next to the vast, low-lying Amazon Basin, even though it was known that there were mountains in that area.
Denne sene opdagelse kan være nem at forstå, hvis man husker hvor ekstremt fjern, utilgængelig og ubeboet den del af Amazonas-regionen er selv i dag, og at det næppe kunne forventes, at sådan et højt bjerg (ud fra brasilianske standarder) kan findes ved siden af det store, lavtliggende Amazonasbassinet, selv om det var kendt, at der var bjerge i området.