Brazil

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Photos, virtual tours and pictures of Brazil include Olinda, Salvador, Belem, Recife, Brasilia, Iguazu Falls, Florianopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Prêto, São Paulo and more views of Brazil.

Addresses, telephone numbers and web sites for the embassy of Brazil in Washington D.C. and the USA Embassy in Brasilia.

Discover the regional variations in South America's largest country.

Get to know Brazilian money, denominations and pronunciation from the guide to Brazil Travel.

Popular Tours in Brazil include trips to Angra Dos Reis, Petropolis, Buzios, sightseeing in Rio de Janeiro with beaches, soccer, Guananbara Bay, the Botanical Gardens and more fun places.

Alberto Santos Dumont, the Brazilian aviation pioneer, raised in Europe, is called the Pai da Aviação, Father of Aviation, for his experiments with dirigible balloons and aircraft, resulting in early heavier-than-air flights.

Enjoy these mostly black and white photographs and sketches of Brazil as it used to be. Most are undated.

Brazil boasts of many unique attributes, including having had an empire, a reigning monarch and a relatively bloodless independence from Portugal. And rather than having the populace revolt and proclaim independence, it was the king himself who declared "By my blood, by my honor, and by God: I will make Brazil free” with the motto Independence or Death!

Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes, or tooth-puller, was executed in 1792 for his role in encouraging Brazilian independence from Portugal, and is today honored each April 21st as the Civic Patron of the Brazilian nation.

Illustrated resources about these great wetlands of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Hostel options for Carnaval in Rio