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(Encyclopedia)Jequié, Brazil: see Jiquié.anchovy pear
(Encyclopedia)anchovy pear: see Brazil nut.São Salvador
(Encyclopedia)São Salvador, Brazil: see Salvador, city. ...Amapá
(Encyclopedia)Amapá əməpäˈ [key], state, 53,013 sq mi (137,304 sq km), extreme N Brazil, bounded on the N by French Guiana and the Atlantic Ocean. Macapá is the capital. Fishing i...Paulo Afonso Falls
(Encyclopedia)Paulo Afonso Falls, Brazil: see São Francisco. ...Pinzón, Martín Alonso
(Encyclopedia)Pinzón, Martín Alonso märtēnˈ älōnˈsō pēnthōnˈ [key] d.1493, Spanish navigator. The commander of the Pinta on Columbus's first voyage to the New World in 1492, he was already an experience...Vitoria da Conquista
(Encyclopedia)Vitoria da Conquista vētôˈrēə dä ko͝ong-kēˈstə [key], city (1991 pop. 225,091), Bahia state, E Brazil, in the Batalha Mts. It is a major cattle-breeding and marketing center. ...Ribeiro, João Ubaldo
(Encyclopedia)Ribeiro, João Ubaldo, 1941–, Brazilian journalist and novelist. His novel Sergeant Getúlio (1971, tr. 1978) narrates the efforts of a mercenary to deliver a prisoner in remote NE Brazil; it is not...All Saints Bay
(Encyclopedia)All Saints Bay, Brazil: see Todos os Santos Bay. ...Browse by Subject
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