Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0250Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of palm trees lining a canal. Above the image "T273 (Star)" is printed, below the image "21859T Palm-fringed Rua Viscounte de Itauna and Mangue Canal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
21859
PALM-FRINGED RUA VISCONTE DE ITUANA AND MANGUE CANAL
The Mangue Canal occupies the center of a splendid double thoroughfare in Rio de Janeiro. The canal itself is not used for navigation, but for drainage and sewage. On both sides of the canal, beyond the rows of palms and shaded walks, run the broad well paved roadways of this avenue, named as is customary in Rio, after one of Brazil's illustrious men.
In the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro is the palm tree from which all the royal palms in Brazil have sprung. It was planted in 1808 by the Regent of Portugal, Prince Dom Joao VI, who decreed that after an avenue of these giant trees had been planted in the Botanical Garden of Rio all of their seeds should be burned. Slaves working in the garden, it is said, hid some of the seeds and sold them, making possible the many groups of these stately trees now found throughout Rio and Brazil.
Brazil has within its extended borders the greatest unexplored area in teh western hemisphere. It has the greatest river system in the world. Within the country is 19,000 miles of the Amazon system, 13,000 of which was for a time referred to as the "River of Doubt"; but after the discovery had been confirmed by the Brazilian government, it became officially known as Rio Theodoro.
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