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Show BRAZIL'S BRAZILS ' CITIESARE CrrIES CITIES CrrIESARE CITIESARE ARE WONDERFUL WONDERFULRio . Rio , Sao Paulo , Pernambuco Pernanthuco Pernambucoand Pernanthucoand Pernambucoand and Ballia Bahia Picture Pictured . - PrcDartd PrcplLrtd Prepared ! by National Nntlonl1r Gooraplilc Goorraphlc G o-raphlc o raphlc ? : ; - socletr Society SocietyVMl : , , 8.JIhlngton 8JIhlngton Washington " , . > ln ton D c-W c W . C-WSU C WSU C-WNU WNU . . - . U ServiceL'NSUS S Strvice Service StrviceMDNSUS r\ r \ rIce Ice IceCUNSUS L'NSUS LNSUS ' enumerators cnumerators recently recentlyha recentlybase recentlyba\e recentlyba e MDNSUS CUNSUS ha\ ha hae base \ e complE completed > ted counting 12 12,0,11,042 12011042 , LI J1,042 J1042 951,042 951042 , , people in Brayil Bru1i1 Brazil Whilethe Whilethe Wlille While Wlillethe the state spreads over an area areagreater areagreater areagreater greater than tban that of or the United Unltl.d Unltld . State States Statesnearly . ; , ncnrly nearly every great population popull1tIon center centerlIes centerlies centerlies lIes on the Atlintic Atl'1ntle Atl1ntle Atlantic ' coastThere coastThere coast coastThere There are ten tcn Bra-slllan Bra slllan Bra.tUJun BratUJun Brazilian . - cities clties wlt11 with wlt11more withmore withmore more than 100,000 100000 , inhabitants Of t11e the t11efirst thefirst tliefirst first four , Rio IUo de Janeiro , Sao Paulo Patilo PauloPcrnambuco , Pernambuco ( Recife ) , and Bahia nahla Balia ( S110 Sao S110Salvador SaoSalvador SnoSalvador Salvador ) , only Sao Paulo panlo is InlandRio inlandRio Inland InlandRio Rio de Janeiro , thy the capital , contrlb contrib contrlbuted contributed contnbuted uted neaily neally neatly 1 1500,000 1500000 500,000 500000 , , people to the cen cen- census census census - sus enumerators ' figures tgures Amid aU all aUBra1U's allBrayiI's allBrail's allBrails Bra1U's Bra1Us BrayiI's BrayiIs ' ama/Ing ama Ing amn71ng ama7ing / coastal panorama of ofverdant ofverdant ofverdant verdant forests , la lJ mysterious ] } stenous sterrous riveryfoaming rIver rlver,4 rlver4 : , , foamIng cascades , . untrod IDount'1ins IDount1ins mountains IDount'1insand mountainsand mountainsand ' and polyglot , populous towns , Rio re remains remains remains mains the thecry \cry cry \ \ ery cry acme of human hum'ln humln humsu ' intercst interest Inter Interest est cst . , As the traveler tra\eler tra eler \ enters gUtterJng glittering gUtterJngRio glitteringRio glitteringRio Rio and beholds the alabaster alnb'1ster alnb1ster ' like IIhe city cityof cityof lty ltyot ot of palms , marble , mountains and eoIor color colorhe , lIe he Is astounded Here Is an 1lIUSIOn Illusion 1lIUSIOnfrom Illusionfrom Illusionfrom from an Arabian Nights Nlg11ts dream , a mag mug magIe mugis magic Ie is superclty supercity never built buUt by man Look Lookat Lookat Lookat at those amazing mountain peaks that thatrIse thatrise thatrise rIse from the sea They cannot be or of orthis ofthis ofthis this world ; ; they are unreal , like hke a alandscape alandscape alandscape landscape on the moon pictured picturedthrough picturedthrough picturedthrough through a telescopeTo telescope telescopeTo To enter this gl gicat great eat world port you youwalk youwalk youwalk walk do down " n the gangplank and straight straightout straightout straightout out Into a formal gardenIth garden , with \Ith Ith \ a big bigbronze bigbronze bigbronze bronze fountain fountalD Tills This leads off Into Intoa Intoa a Fifth nfth rifth avenue like boulevard which In Inturn inturn Inturn turn flows Into a " wide "Ide Ide , woild wOlld world famous famousbeach famousbeach famousbeach beach dilvc dlive drive , past embassies , clubs , and andmore andmore andmore more palms and geometl geometric geomettic Ic gm gardens gardensDingy gaidensDingy dens densDIngy DIngy docks , pawnshops , pool halls hallsquick , quIck and dh dlity ditty ty cafes cnfes , cheap rooming roominghouses roominghouses roominghouses houses , touts and runneis runnels runners , dirt . , smellsall smellsall smells -all all - all the trash and claptrap of many manyother manyother manyother other water fionts flonts fronts , are 1re ' ml missing slng hereRising here herf hereRising : ' Rising fully 1,200 1200 , feet and almost almoststraight almoststraight almoststraight straight out of the sea . , Sugar Loaf Loaflofty , lofty sentinel of The Rio haibor harbor hm bor , Iq is Iqasily istasily Iseasily asily tasily ( the city s outstanding landmark landmarkIncomIng landmarkIncoming landmarkIncoming IncomIng air pilots pl1ots . , If half halt lost In fo fog fogor fogor or rain , hall hail Its familiar tamlllar outlines with withgrunt withgrunts withgrunts grunt grunts ! of at relief . In a quper queer aerlnl aerial aerlnltrolleya aerialtrolleya aerialtrolley trolley-a trolley a - a dizzy dI.tzy dItzy . trip which Is a su supreme supreme supreme preme triumph for the ner\"ous- ner "ous ous ner"ousou nervous-you nervous you nervousyoucan nervous \ " - ou oucan oucan can reach Its topLook topLook top topLook Look at this spectacular city dty from fromSugar fromSugar fromSugar Sugar Loaf or any high angle , and andyou andiou you ou see how ' smoothly mooth ] In ma ma&s mas mass & s , fOlIn form fOlInand formand foiinand and color It haimomzes halmODlZe3 harmonizes with the shape shapeand shapeand shapeand and shades of at its ltS terrestrial enVl1 envu envnonment on onment onwent ment went You obsen obsene obserse e that it is cohesn cohesrse cohesneone e , one work of art ; yet It is not a soUd solid solidcity solidcity city ity with a checker checlter board pattern of ofblocks ofblocks ofblocks blocks and squares sqU'lres sqUlres ' squee/ed squee ed quee1ed squeezed / Into rIgId rIgId"c1tv rigid"city rigid"citv rigidcitv "c1tv c1tv "city city " limits , " like IIhe Leipzig Lelpzig or Indltn Indltnnpolls Indl Indi in inapolls innpolls innpollsSao npolls apolls npollsS'lO apollsS'to Sao S'lO SlO S'to Sto ' ' Paul , second largest hrgest of Dral1I.m Dral1Im Bra7llian Bra7lliancities Dral1I.mcities Braziliancities ? . cities , Is capital and business metrop metropolls metropoils metropoils olls oils of Sao Paulo state tate It is one at of attlle ofthe oftlie tlle the oldest cities In South AmerIca Americabut , but Its ftc ; age has not deprived It of mod modcm modern modcm cm ern commercial developmentrlfty developmentrrfty development developmentFifty Fifty rlfty rrfty years ears before the Cnpt Capt John JohnSmith JohnSmith JohnSmith Smith Pocohontas episode at Jamec James Jamestown Jamestown ; to town " n , Va Ya , , a n Portuguese sailor found founded founded founded ed Sao Paulo and married the daugh daughter daughter daughter ter of a native Indian Indhn millet chief hIef . , Later LaterJesuit LaterJesuit LaterJesuit Jesuit missionaries established eshbllshed a achurch achurch achurch church at the settlement and nnd held the thefirst thefirst thefirst first religious relIgtous rellgloys , servI service e on the feast day dayin da dasIn ) In celebration of ot the conversion convercion : ; of St StPaul StPaul StPaul StPaulSao Paul PaulSao PaulSao Sao Paulo's Paulos ' Swift Growth . For ror three centuries centUlles centutles Sao Paulo en enjo entoyed enjovcd jo toyed ed Isolation , unfettered by coloni'll colonill colonial coloni'llJaw coloniallaws coloniallaws ' Jaw laws of Portugal It was l1 about out 1000 1000mIles 1000miles 1000miles mIles from the Portuguese Portugupse Jovernment government Jovernmentofficials governmentofficials ; governmentofficials officials who " were "ere ere , at that thfit time . , at atn'lhln atIIshla atBahia n'lhln nlhln IIshla ' In 1875 the > bjll bJ.11 bJ11 ball . of commercial commercialpro commercialprogress commercialprogress pro progress ress started rolling roI11ng among the tlle In Inhnbltants inhabitants Inhabitants hnbltants habitants , and newcouicis newcomel newcomers s "el el w " weie ei e a In InsUlled instilled Instilled sUlled stilled with a boom spirit In slIghtly slIghtlyWOle slightlymote slightlyruoic WOle mote than th'1n th1n then ' fifty fiftv fiftyears \ears ears sears \ , ears the CI cih sits \ has h\s h s ' \ in increased increased Increased creased In population populnhon from 20 2G 000 to tonearly tonearly tonearly nearly 900 000 000 New streets that ( hat were werebuilt werebuilt werebuilt built were "ere ere " made m'lde mlde ' broad and tralght straight straightand , > straightand tralghtnnd nnd and flanked finnl.ed finnled . with moern modern ( ] buildingsThe buildingsThe buildings buildingsThe The railway rall"ny rallny " depot , municipal and and6tute andstate andstate 6tute state guveinment govewment guvernment buildings , museums museumslibraries , llbrarle libraries , schools , and some of Its nevbusiness ne new newbusiness " , buslne'5s buslne5s business ' buildings bulldmgs would be f1'ltteun f1ltteun fhttetung fhttetungadditions flatteungadditions ' . addItions to many cities of the world worldof world worldof worldof of the same seine size Three hu huge e publlc public publlcgardens publicgardens publicgardens gardens and more than fifty p'lr.hs plr.hs plrhs p'trbs ptrbs p'lr.hsblenl p'trbsbrenlc parksbienk ' . blenl brenlc > : the monotony of the miles of ofstreets ofstreets ofstreets ofstreetsSao streets streetsS'10 streetsSao Sao S'10 S10 ' Paulo might properly be cllIIeJ called cllIIeJI cllIIeJthe calledthe calledthe I the city that coffee built hullt Man Mam Mans of the thep'1lattal thepalattnl tliepalatial p'1lattal p1lattal palattnl ' re residences ! > ldences are tho those < ; e of coffee'bacons coffee batons 'bacons bacons , ' bal ons " In ln Sao ao Paulo P'1uIo P1uIo P'tulo Ptulo ' ' streets huge hugetruck hugetrucks hugetrucks truck trucks " ! , heavy Clll caits cents ts and perspiring perspiringmen per pcrapliingmen ph Ins ; men laden " with "lth lth sacks sncI.s sncIs . . of coffee III ate atealways aieav e 0.1\ 0.1 0.1a always . } \ , . a as s within eye eyeshot hot Coffee Corree svis " ' as 'lS lS not notIntroduced notIntroduced notIntroduced Introduced Into Bra/ll Bra ll 13ra711 Brasil / until t\\o t o t0 two t\\ t \ \ \ 0 cen centunes centunes centunca tunes ago , but the price of coITe coffee now nowlal nowlax nowlaigely lal lax gely governs the ri rise e and fall of Sao Sao1'1ulo's SaoPaulo's SaoPaulo's SaoPaulos 1'1ulo's 11ulos Paulo's Paulos ' ' prospenty pro'lpellty prolpellty prosperity ' . . While lvhile Ethiopia lthlopla ; thlopla Is Istlle isthe Isthe tlle the original origin'll originll origin'i origini ' home of coffee coffel ' , Sao ao 1'lulo 1lulo P'tulo Ptulo 1'lulostate P'tulostate ' Paulostnte ' ' state hus has lut ! : > , adopted the greatci greatei pOttlon pOttlonof po portionof ; > tion tionof of the descendants of the original cof coffee coffee coffee fee berries If all aU the coffee planta plants plantatlons plantstions plantatlons tlons tions plantation In the state were In one planta planta- plantation plantation - tion , It would cover an area as large largeas largeas as Delm Dcla\\aie Dcla aie Delassale \ \ ' III e and Rhode Island Iqlnnd Islnnd com corn comblned cornbined cornbined blned bined In a single soar year ear more than thanono thanone thanono ono one and a quarter million pounds of ofcoffee ofcoffee ofcoffee coffee are produced In the state There Thereare Thereare Therearc are more than seven coffeo coffel coffee ' trees for forevery forevery forevery every man ID'ln IDln ' , woman womau and child chl\d chl d \ in the thebhte thestate thestate thestatePernambuco statePernambuco bhte state Pernambuco Is a Gateway Gateway.More GatewayMore . More than th'ln thln ' J 3 3500 500 miles mlles of r nllioadsnow till illi o'lils olils ogds o'lilsnow ogdsnow ' now use Sao Suo Paulo 1'lulo 1lulo I'qulo Iqulo ' ' as a hub liub The Thel11lIroad Therailroad Theinllroad l11lIroad railroad fioin flom from &ao ao Sao & [ Paulo 'nubo nubo ' to S'lotos Slotos Santos Santosthe ' , the hasbeen haqbeen clt cits's citss city's citys 's s ' port on the AtllI1Uc Atl AU intic untie , , haq has been one of or the wOll wotltis woild wotlti s s > most PlofH'1blp PlofH1blp ptotitghlr PlofH'1blpsteel ptotitghlrsteel piontaulpsteel ' steel hl hlgiiv hIghvjM hv.n hvn atis . : , , although its upl.eep upleep upkeep . upkeepper upl.eepper per mile Is tf.ggel1ng tfggel1ng 5thggeiing st . ggciing Iii Iu In inc lht tilt 87 mile miles milesof milesof . , of sinuous tracks tr'lc1"s trlc1s tricks ' " between bet"een beteen " llio the citIes citiestrains traIns must climb from bea sea ea level at atSantos SJLOPaulo SoPaulo S.ioPaulo Santos to nearly WO 1000 4000 fed feet fClt ( at So S.io Sio . ! . Paulo the'line theline In one seen seven se\ se se\cnmlle se cnmlle \ en mfle mile . ' section .ectlon ectlon .ection ection the ' line rises more IDore than 2000 2 000 feet . - Pornambuco Pernambuco , third largest Jargest city . , Is isthe Isthe the westernthe easternmost city oA of I # . th the t themlspbere ' western westernhemisphere westernhemisphere and Is called the gateway gn gatewayto w hemlspbere hemisphere for Europe South SouthAmerica SouthAmerica u uAmerIca to bouth South outb America bound aviators pernnm Pernambuco Pernambucostate Pcrnambucostate uco ucostate AmerIca Is the capc capcand capital llPI , of which the city ; state , , h0 h0nortlicastcrn - - ' - An the thenortheastern mnl.e mnle make . up P Pan other states . , d tWO an and anf nortlicastcrn northeastern shoulder 0 of f tll their e eh Ir conti- conti continortheastern continent conirnent - - nent ' To .10 10 . ' Brazilians Brazillans , th the thf city la Is h knownas known knownas no\ no nons \ n nnent as ns RecifeIf Recife RecifeIf mIf RecifeP drawn from trom Pernam Pernambuco P Pernambuco erna ernabuco m If a n line were th the thewestern thowestern miss would just buco due north , It the Azores an anIntersect and andintersect andIntersect extremity of western , \ estern Intersect the tbe latitude of ot New Yr York { ) Cl city citynearer citynearer nearer to Portugal than to NewAf N NAfrica New YorkDakar r ra rDakar Dakar , "estel estel " wosteinmost wcsteinmost nmost city of ot f fis Africa AfricaIs r c a , , Is onl only ; half the distance from perna Pernam Pernambuco Pernambuco bueo buco tliat that Liverpool Is from New Yor YorPern'lmbuco York YorkPernambuco YorkPernambuco Pern'lmbuco Pernlmbuco Pernambuco ' noses Into all direct tran trans transportation transportatlon European Curopean rJuropean an anNorth and andNorth andNorth port'ltIon portltIon portation . ' lanes from bUSI business businesssvith businesswith SS SSwith North Atlantic Atlllntlc pOl poifs ports fs that tb\t tb t ' \ do with svith ports south of Pcrnambuco Pernambuco S Ship Shipping Shipping p pI Bal Bat BalI Baltlm Battimore Baltimore York Boston , or I pin ping ' " from New , . I Liverpool or OF Lisbon , reaches reachesI reachesnIo reachesho reachesRio tlm timore re , or Alrcs Aires by bypnssing bypassing bypassing I nIo ho dc de d Janlero Janeero or Buenos pnssing passing Pernainbuco's Pernainbucos Pernambuco's Pernambucos Pernatnbuco's Pernatnbucos ' h'lrborMany h'irborDfany harbor h'lrbor hlrbor h'irbor hirbor harborMany ' ' descend descendants descendants Many Dfany of Its Ita Inhabitants Inh'1bltanfs Inh1bltanfs luhabttanfs ' are nre . ants of the Dutch and Portugue&e Portuguee Portuguc Portuguese & e , . , both bothof bothof bothof and andsurrounding andsurrounding andsurrounding of whom whoni once claimed ciaimed tlie the city surrounding country . Pernambuco Pernambucoowes Pernambucoowes Pernambucoowes owes much witch of Its progress vrogress to the influence In- In Inl1uence In-luence In luence - l1uence fluence ( of the these ' e races r'1ces r1ces ' , who fostered fosteredl fosteredagriculture fosteredagriculture l : agriculture ricuIture and commerceThe commerceThe commerce commerceThe The old section of . _ Pernambuco Pernambucoshows Pernambucoshows Pernambucoshows varl vant |