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Empire of Brazil at its largest territorial extent, 1822–1828, [dubious ... building in 1880s was the second greatest in absolute terms in Brazil's entire history ...
The land now known as Brazil was claimed by the Portuguese for the first time on 23 April 1500 when the Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on its coast. Permanent settlement by the Portuguese followed in 1534, and for the next 300 years they slowly expanded into the territory to the west until they had established nearly all of the frontiers which constitute modern Brazil's borders.
The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars. Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and mode of measurement. Possible ways of measuring size include area, population, economy, and power.
Brazil: The Once and Future Country (2nd ed. 1998), an interpretive synthesis of Brazil's history. Fausto, Boris, and Arthur Brakel. A Concise History of Brazil (Cambridge Concise Histories) (2nd ed. 2014) excerpt and text search; Garfield, Seth. In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region. Durham: Duke ...
‘I want to be like Marta’: How Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer became the greatest of all time and an ‘icon’ in her country
Brazil's current constitution, formulated in 1988, defines it as a democratic federal republic. [16] Due to its rich culture and history, the country ranks thirteenth in the world by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. [17] Brazil is a regional and middle power [18] [19] [20] and rising global power.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's annual population growth slowed over the past decade to its lowest since records began 150 years ago, the government statistics agency said on Wednesday, as people in ...
Brazil — where more than half the population self-identifies as Black or biracial — has long resisted reck. The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the ...