THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from Harriet Chalmers Adams 



AVENIDA RIO BRANCOj FORMERLY AVENIDA CENTRAL 



This magnificent thoroughfare is named for Baron Rio Branco, a great Brazilian diplo- 

 matist, now dead. It was carved out of the city during the administration of President Alves. 

 This portion of the city has been cooler ever since, as the breezes sweep through the wide 

 avenue from waterfront to waterfront. Note the wide mosaic stone pavements (black and 

 white). Portuguese workmen from Lisbon were brought over for this work, an ancient 

 craft in Portugal, introduced into that country bv the Romans. 



