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AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. 



Fis:. 56. 



-Feinging Reefs between Pae.\hyba and the 

 Mouth of the S. Feancisco. 

 Scale 1 : 3,500,000. 



made Recife the chief point of attraction for vessels coming from North America, 

 Europe, aud Africa. No part of the Brazilian seaboard possesses more strategical 

 importance. It forms the advanced bulwark of the republic, and in the near 

 future Pernambuco promises to become the most frequented port in South America, 



especially for the pas- 

 senger traffic between 

 the Old and New 

 Worlds. 



Three trans-Atlan- 

 tic cables radiate from 

 Recife, which is the 

 port of call for twelve 

 lines of steamers, while 

 hundreds of other 

 vessels here ship cot- 

 ton, coffee, sugar, to- 

 bacco, hides, skins, the 

 dyewoods formerly 

 known as " pernam- 

 bucs," natural history 

 collections, and other 

 objects. Great Britain 

 takes the largest share 

 of this traffic, France, 

 Germany, and the 

 United States follow- 

 ing in the order 

 named. Pernambuco 

 is the seat of a geo- 

 graphical institute and 

 other learned societies. 

 Numerous carriage 

 roads and three rail- 

 ways radiate to the 

 surrounding towns — 

 Iguarossu in the 

 north; Pao iV Alho in 

 the north-west at the 

 bifurcation of the rail- 

 ways running one towards Nazardh, the other towards Limoeiro, two busy trading 

 places surrounded by sugar-works. Limoeira is the chief place in the R'o 

 Capibaribe valley, where are also situated Bo)n Janlim, Taquaretiuga, and Brcjo da 

 Madre de- Dens. 



The railway running west of Recife towards the Upper Ipojuca valley succès- 



35° West cr ureenwich 



0to5 

 Fathoms. 



5 to 50 

 Fathoms. 



Depths. 



.^0 to 500 

 Fathoms. 



500 to 1.000 



Fathoms. 



60 Miles. 



1 000 Fathoms 

 and lip i\ aids. 



