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Index

Japan, 28 João III, king of Portugal, 18 João IV, king of Portugal, 21

Brasília, 13, 23, 43, 45, 46 Brazilian Highlands, 10 Cabral, Pedro Álvares, 18 Canada, 9 Cape São Roque, 12 Cardoso, Fernando, 24, 33 Chapada Diamantina, 10 Chile, 9 China, 9 Cisplatine War, 21 Collor de Mello, Fernando, 24 Costa, Lúcio, 46 Curitiba, 13, 43, 48 Ecuador, 9 Espírito Santo, 12 Europe, 13, 17, 18, 28 Federal District, 42, 46 Fortaleza, 43 France, 20, 44 Franco, Itamar, 24 Gama, Vasco da, 18 Goiás, 46 Guaraní Indians, 18, 35, 44 Guiana Highlands, 11 Dom Casmurro , 38

Africa, 18, 19, 20 Amazon Basin, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 30 Amazon River, 10, 11, 13, 43 Amazonas, 42 Anchieta, José de, 19 Argentina, 10, 21 Atlantic Ocean, 9, 10 Azores Islands, 49 Bahía, 30, 37, 43, 46 Bay of Todos os Santos, 47 Belém, 14, 43 Belo Horizonte, 13, 43, 47–48 Bolivia, 10 Brazil animals and plants in, 14– 15 economy of, 21–22, 23, 24–25, 27–33 geography and climate of, 9–15 history of, 17–25, 41–49 music of, 38 people and culture of, 35– 39, 47 and slavery, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 35 states within, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 30, 37, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49

Kubitschek, Juscelino, 23

Liberal Alliance, 22 Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio, 25 Macapá, 9 Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria, 37–38 Manaus, 43 Marx, Roberto Burle, 46 Mato Grosso, 10 Minas Gerais, 20, 37, 43, 44

Natal, 12 Niemeyer, Oscar, 46 Nobrega, Manoel da, 19

Orinoco River, 11

Palmares, 19–20 Pantanal, 10, 15 Paraguay, 10 Paraguay River, 10 Paraná River, 10 Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, 21

Pernambuco, 37, 48 Pico da Neblina, 11

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