Brazil And Madagascar
Published on Dec 20, 2015
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BRAZIL COLONISATION AND NATURE
(AND SOME OTHER STUFF TO)
Brazil Nature
The beaches in of Bahia are some of Brazils best, and can be enjoyed from the tranquility of one of the states finest eco-resorts, butterfly house, on the Marau peninsula, 250km south of Salvador.
A jaguar, the largest cat in the western hemisphere, once roamed from south-western America through the Amazon Basin and into Argentina. Today it has been eliminated from much of its range.
The jaguar has a strong association with the water and is found in a variety of habitats from rainforest to swamp areas, grasslands and dry deciduous forest.
Jaguar facts
Derived from the Native American word yaguar, jaguar means “he who kills with one leap”
Jaguars live alone and define large territories by marking with their waste or clawing trees
They are tan or orange with distinctive black spots but some are so dark they appear to be spotless
Photo by shannonkringen
At present, there are approximately 315 000 known species of flora (or plants) in the world. Incredibly, about 55 000 of all of these plants are endemic to Brazil, most of them being found within the lush, abundant Amazon Forest.
Sinningia Guttata
Sinningia Guttata Facts
The flowers bend toward the light, so they will often all be facing the same direction
It was given this name by John Lindley in 1827.
The whole plant can grow to 40 centimetres.
The flowers are white with plenty of maroon small spots.
COLONISATION
(In Brazil)
On the 22nd of April, 1500, the thirteen-ship fleet under Pedro Álvares Cabral secured off the mouth of the Rio Buranhém on the Bahian coast.
Photo by Luz Adriana Villa A.
The chronicler of the discovery, Pêro Vaz de Caminha, wrote that immediately they saw men walking on the beach, and by the time a longboat reached the shore twenty or so had assembled. Entirely naked and dark skinned, they laid down their bows and arrows as a sign of peace, while responding to offers of Portuguese hats by giving over a parrot-feathered headdress and a long string of white seed pearls. Thus did the cultural exchange begin that would evolve over the next five centuries into the distinctive
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