THE STATE OF MATTO GROSSO IN THE THIRD 
INTERNATIONAL RUBBER EXPOSITION 
IN NEW YORK, 1912: 
BY 
LEOPOLDO DE MATTOS 
Dr. Joaquim Augusto da Costa Marques, President of the State 
of Matto Grosso, 1911-1915 
The State of Matto Grosso, Brazil, at the Third International! 
Rubber Exposition in New York, 1912 
Of the twenty states composing the Republic of the United States 
of Brazil, Matto Grosso is second to the largest in its territorial 
extension. It is situated south of the States Amazon and Para, 
having on the East the States of Goyaz, S. Paulo and Parana, 
on the South the Republic of Paraguay, and on the West Bolivia. 
It embraces on the map that portion of the earth’s surface 
which extends, approximately from the fourth degree South of 
the Equator to the Tropic of Capricorn. Its immense area is 
about 50,175 square leagues, or according to Mr. Candido Mendes 
it has an area of 1,379,651 square meters. Its population is 
actually about 350,000, not including a considerable number of 
uncivilized Indians, whose improvement is carried steadily for- 
ward by the united efforts of the State and Federal Governments. 
Without mentioning its capital, the principal cities of the 
State are Corumba, S. Luiz de Caceres, Miranda, Nioae, Focoué, 
Santa Aunade Paranabyba, Diamantina, Rosario, Livramento, 
and the new and recentlv incorporated municipality, S. Antonio 
de Rio Madeira. Its capital, Cuyaba, is situated on the left bank 
of the river of the same name, 288 meters above sea level, and 
owes its origin to the Paulistas, who formed colonies in the 
western part of Brazil during the first’ part of the Eighteenth 
Century. 
In 1719 Paschoal Moreira Cabral ascending the River Coxipé 
Mirim, founded on the left bank of this stream a village which 
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