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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
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
Dom Casmurro
, 38
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
Japan, 28
João III, king of Portugal, 18
João IV, king of Portugal, 21
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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