Brazil is synonymous with sunshine, samba and exotic nature, a dream destination full of both adventure and constant fun! Part 9 of our South America Trip We walk along Copacana and Ipenema Beach. We visit Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain. Take a tour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - part of the World's Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats. Hi, this is your host Naomi. I would like to show you th. . A dedicated website for travel Taboos, Dos and Donts of world popular destinations, such as Brazil. Come to visit this website fo. Brazil was inhabited solely by indigenous people, mainly of the Tupi and Guarani ethnic groups. Settling by the Portuguese began late in the 16th century, with the extraction of valuable wood from the pau brasil tree, from which the country draws its name. Brazil was settled by the Portuguese and not the Spanish, as were the rest of Central, South and parts of North America in the New World. Despite Portuguese rule, some parts of Brazil formed a Dutch colony between 1630 and 1654. They founded several cities, such as Mauritsville (actually Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, at the edge of North-East of the country), and many sugar cane plantations. The Dutch fought a grim jungle war with the Portuguese, and without the support of the Republic of their homeland due to a war with England, the Dutch surrendered to the Portuguese, though they did not officially recognize Portuguese rule, which led to an all-out war with Portugal off the coast of Portugal in 1656. In 1665 the Peace Treaty of The Hague was signed, Portugal lost its Asian colonies and had to pay 63 tons of gold to compensate the Dutch Republic for the loss of its colony. Brazil became the centre of the Portuguese Empire by 1808, when the King Dom João VI (John VI) fled from Napoleon's invasion of Portugal and established himself and his government in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

• published: 27 Jun 2014
• views: 0