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The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Portuguese: Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo [ɐʁkiˈpɛlɐgu dʒi sɐ̃w ˈpedɾwi sɐ̃w ˈpawlu]) is a group of 15 small islets and rocks in the central equatorial Atlantic Ocean. [3]
The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens by L. Sprague de Camp, Twayne Publishers, 1953. The Viagens Interplanetarias series is a sequence of science fiction stories by L. Sprague de Camp, begun in the late 1940s and written under the influence of contemporary space opera and sword and planet stories, particularly Edgar Rice Burroughs's Martian novels.
Fountain of Santa Ana (Portuguese: Fontanário Armoreado do Rossio/Fonte de Santa Ana) [3]; Lighthouse of Ponta das Contendas (Portuguese: Farol de Ponta das Contendas), located on the southeast coast of the parish, the lighthouse is an H-shaped structure used to protect this region as a navigational aid; its plan was initiated in 1882, but nonetheless, its construction only began in 1930 ...
Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro Congonhas airport in São Paulo. The Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo Aerial Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Aérea) is a Brazilian air shuttle run by various airlines between Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro and Congonhas airport in São Paulo.
GE-Pulmann train of Sorocabana, the first commuter train in São Paulo suburban area. The story of railways in the state of São Paulo begins in 1867 with the construction of the first link between the cities of Santos, São Paulo and Jundiaí by São Paulo Railway, opened on 16 February 1867, which crossed the state plateau and going down the Serra do Mar.
Paraisópolis, São Paulo Paraisópolis ("Paradise city", from paraiso paradise (Hisp.) and -polis city (Greek) is a neighborhood of São Paulo city, which is part of the Vila Andrade district, in the south zone.
The aircraft carrier São Paulo was built in France between 1957 and 1960, and served in the French Navy as Foch.In September 2000, she was purchased by Brazil for US$12 million [6] – no aircraft were included in the price – to replace the aged World War II-era carrier Minas Gerais, which had been in commission for over 40 years.
The Liberdade neighborhood is a Little Tokyo of São Paulo. The single largest Japanese diaspora in any city is in São Paulo. [1] In 1958, the census counted 120,000 Japanese in the city and by 1987, there were 326,000 with another 170,000 in the surrounding areas within São Paulo state. [2]