A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Volume 1; Of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World by John Ramsay McCulloch
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Author: John Ramsay McCulloch
Page Count: 766 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781231085073
File Name: A.Dictionary,.Geographical,.Statistical,.and.Historical.Volume.1;.Of.the.Various.Countries,.Places,.and.Principal.Natural.Objects.in.the.World.pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...by Porto Seguro and Minos Geraes; on the W. by fernambuco, though still separated by the Kio San Francisco, and on the E. by the ocean. Its length is estimated at about 480 m., and its breadth at from 160 to 200. The estimates of its area vary from 54,000 to 97,000 sq. m. The latter, we are inclined to think, is nearest the mark. The accounts of the pop. are also very various, no census having ever been taken, the number is generally estimated at between 700,000 and 800,000. The province is subdivided into three coraarcas, viz. Bahia, Jacobin a, and Ilheos. The province of Bahia is traversed from SW. to NE. by the Serra Cincora, Giboya, and I ta bay ana. The Serra de Montcquevia forms the chief ridge in the interior. Bays and inlets abound along the coast, among which the most celebrated is All Saints' Bay. Numerous rivers traverse the province, and the Rio San Francisco, one of the largest of the Brazilian rivers, flows along its NVV. frontier. The cultivation of tobacco is peculiar to the province, and its produce is much sought after, not only for the market of Portugal, but also for Spain and the whole of Barbary. The soil is admirably adapted to the cultivation of the sugar-cane; and the sugar of Bahia bears a high character for its excellent quality, which is shown by the fact that Bahia exports more sugar than the whole of the rest of Brazil. The growth of cotton exhibits an unusual increase, and Kahia is already become a formidable rival to Pernambueo, The other productions are, rice, of a superior quality; coffee, much excelled however by that of Kio de Janeiro; and Brazil-wood, equal to that of Pernambueo. (Report of Mr. Consul Morgan on the Trade of Bahia for the Year 184). The province of Bahia was one of the first peopled by Europeans, and it is..
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