Brazil Slide Series: Collection Intro To Brazil, Slide No. 0029.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

Canon in front of the Santa Maria fort at sunset in Salvador. Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil in 1500, disembarking at Porto Seguro in southern Bahia. In the years following discovery, sporadic expeditions exploited a native redwood known as (brazilwood) found in coastal tropical forests of the zona da mata.Canhão em frente ao Forte de Santa Maria ao pór do sol em Salvador. Pedro Alvares Cabral descobriu o Brasil em 1500, desembarcando em Porto Seguro, ao sul da Bahia. Nos anos seguintes, expedições esporádicas exploraram uma madeira conhecida por pau-brasil, encontrada em florestas tropicais costeiras da zona da mata.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1988