Rubber was first made 3000 years ago in MesoAmerica, where the Maya and Aztecs mixed milky-white sap called latex, which they found in Para Rubber Trees, with morning glory vines. This created a strong, stretchy material that was bouncy and durable. They used different proportions of the ingredients to their needs, and were said to have made the balls for the legendary ballgames with this rubber.
After this time period, rubber was foreign to the outer world until French explorer Charles de la Condamine “discovered” rubber in the 1740s. In Condamine’s attempts to find the rubber recipe, he came to the conclusion that rubber is condensed resinous oil. However, that assumption was incorrect. During this time, British chemist Joseph Priestly was
