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INDEX
Italicized page numbers
refer to illustrations.
A
Africa 7, 10, 12, 29, 47
African slave heritage 22, 25, 29, 30, 43–45,
47.
See also
slavery
agricultural commodities 13, 15, 27, 33,
36–38, 39,
39
Amazonas 53,
53
Amazonas Opera Festival 46
Amazonas Philharmonic 46
Amazon rain forest 7, 14, 33, 38, 49, 52–54,
55
Amazon River 7,
52,
52–54
Amazon Theatre (Manaus Opera House) 46
Amerindians 26, 28
ants
(içás)
27–28
Aparai tribe 53
architecture 50–51, 53
Argentina 36
Awa tribe 53
B
Bahia
22,
27,
38
Barra da Tijuca
51,
51–52
beaches
23,
35,
51,
51–52
Bento Gonçalves
55
birth rate 19, 53
black-eyed peas 30
Black River 53
Bonaparte, Napoleon (emperor of France) 13
Boss, Pedro Maria 52
bossa nova 45
Botanical Garden (Rio de Janeiro)
19
Brasília 49–51,
50
brazilwood 11, 36
Brown, Carlinhos
45
Buddhism 12
C
Cabral, Fernao 9
Cabral, Pedro Álvares 9–10,
10,
15,
15
cacao 27
Calixto, Benedito
12
Canastra National Park
54
capoeira (martial art) 43,
44,
47
Carajás Mine 38
Carnival
40,
43,
43–44
cassava
26,
26–27
Catalão 53–54
Catholic Church 12, 44, 52
cattle ranching 37
Cerrado savanna 54
children 17–21
China 10
Christianity 12
Christ the Redeemer statue (Rio de Janeiro)
6,
52
churrasco
(grilled meat)
28,
30
cities 19–20, 49,
50,
55
climate 49
coffee cultivation 13, 36–38,
37,
39
constitution 11
Copacabana beach (Rio de Janeiro) 35, 51
corn (maize) 26, 30, 33, 36
corruption 22
counter-culture activism 45–46
crime 19
D
Da Gama, Vasco 10, 15
dance 43,
44,
44–47,
47
deforestation 54
diamonds and gem mining 12
Dom João VI (king of Portugal) 13,
13
Dom Pedro I (king of Portugal) 13,
13
Dom Pedro II (king of Portugal) 13–14
drugs 19
INDEX