PORTUGUESE AMERICA, 



BRASIL, 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles. 

 Length 2500 

 Breadth 700 



between 



Degree!. 



the equator and 35 South latitude. 

 35 and 60 West longitude. 



Boundaries. ...Bounded by the mouth of the river Amazon, and 

 the Atlantic Ocean, on the north ; by the same Ocean on the east ; 

 by the mouth of the River Plata on the south ; and by a chain of 

 mountains, which divide it from Paraguay and the country of the 

 Amazons, on the west. 



Divisions. 



Northern division con- 

 tains the 

 ships of 



Provinces. 

 Para 



Marignan 

 Siara 



j Petagues 

 captain-^ Rio Grande 



Payraba 



Tamara 



Pernambuco 



("Serigippe 



J Bahia, or the 



" J All Saints 

 captain-^ T ., 

 1 1 Ilheos 



I Porto Seguro 



Ijspirito Santo 



Southern division con- ("Rio Janeiro 



tains the captain- < St. Vincent 



ships of ^Del Rey 



Middle division 

 tains the 

 ships of 



Bay of 



Chief Towns. 

 fPara, or Belim 



St. Lewis 



Siara 

 J St Luc 

 ** Tignares 



Payraba 



Tamara 

 _OUnda 



Serigippe 



St. Salvador 



*} Paya 



Porto Seguro 

 ^Spirito Santo 

 "St. Sebastian 

 * St. Vincent 

 St. Salvador 



On the coast are three small islands, where ships touch for provi- 

 sions in their voyage to the South Seas, viz. Fernando, St. Barbara, 

 and St Catharine's. 



Seas, bays, harbours, and capes. ...The Atlantic Ocean washes 

 the coast of Brp.sil on the north-east and east, upwards of 3000 miles, 

 forming several fine bays and harbours ; as the harbours of Pernam- 

 buco, All Saints, Porto Seguro, the port and harbour of Rio Janeiro, 



