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Guajará Bay
Guajará Bay ( Portuguese: ''Baía do Guajará'') is formed by the confluence of the mouths of the Guamá and Acará rivers, which border the municipalities of Barcarena and Belém, the capital of Pará. Its waters flow into Marajó Bay and end in the Atlantic Ocean. History Formerly called Paraná-Guaçu by the Tupinambás people who inhabited the region, Guajará Bay was the gateway for the Portuguese who wanted to occupy the Captaincy of Grão-Pará. According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, the land belonged to Spain, but the territories were unified by the Iberian Union at the time. On January 12, 1616, three vessels, the patache ''Santa Maria da Candelária'', the '' caravelão'' ''Santa Maria das Graças'', and the large speedboat ''Assunção'', docked where the city of Belém (known as Mairi by the natives) is today. On board were 150 men, including Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco, Discoverer and First Conqueror of the Amazon (his title at the time), who called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of Brazil. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station. Belém lies approximately 100 km (62.1 miles) upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, on the Pará River, which is part of the greater Amazon River system, separated from the larger part of the Amazon delta by ''Ilha de Marajó'' ( Marajo Island). With an estimated population of 1,303,403 people — or 2,491,052, considering its metropolitan area — it is the 12th most populous city in Brazil, as well as the 16th by economic relevance. It is the second largest in the North Region, second only to Manaus, in the state of Amazonas. Founded in 1616 by the Kingdom of Portugal, Belém was the first European colony on the Amazon but did not become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco
Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco (1566–1619) was a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He is noted as the founder of the city of Belém, capital of Pará, Brazil, on 12 January 1616. Caldeira served as the first Governor General (''Governador Geral'') of the Captaincy of Grão-Pará. Biography Caldeira was born in Castelo Branco, a city in central Portugal, in 1566. More recent sources indicate that he was born in Crato in the district of Portalegre, also in Portugal. Caldeira first served as Captain-major of the Captaincy the Rio Grande (now the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte) from 1612 to 1614, and the Captaincy of Bahia from 1615 to 1618. Caldeira was sent as the commander of an expedition to rescue the Portuguese troops while serving in the garrison of Pernambuco. The Portuguese troops, under the command of Jerónimo de Albuquerque Maranhão, fought against the French in Maranhão. Caldeira was given the rank of ''Capitão-Mor'' in 1615 by Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arapaima
The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus ''Arapaima'' native to the Amazon Basin, Amazon and Essequibo River, Essequibo basins of South America. ''Arapaima'' is the type genus of the subfamily Arapaiminae within the family Osteoglossidae.Castello, L.; and Stewart, D.J (2008). Assessing CITES non-detriment findings procedures for Arapaima in Brazil.' NDF Workshop case studies (Mexico 2008), WG 8 – Fishes, Case study 1 They are among the world's largest freshwater fish, reaching as much as in length. They are an important food fish. They have declined in the native range due to overfishing and habitat loss. In contrast, arapaima have been Introduced species, introduced to several tropical regions outside the native range (within South America and elsewhere), where they are sometimes considered invasive species. In Kerala, India, arapaima escaped from aquaculture ponds after 2018 Kerala floods, floods in 2018. Its Portuguese language, Portu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuisine Of Pará
Pará cuisine refers to the traditional cuisine native to Pará, Brazil. Foods from this region primarily draw influence from Indian, African, and Portuguese cultures. The core ingredients are sourced from the Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle, and may include meats such as shrimp, crab, seafood, fish, poultry, bush meat, and Duck as food, duck. These meats are traditionally cooked with leaves (such as maniva, chicory, and coriander), peppers, and herbs. Dishes are cooked in clay pots or barbecued wrapped in leaves and roasted soaked in tucupi, a yellow sauce extracted from wild manioc root native to the Amazon. Dishes may be served in bowls, in containers of clay, wrapped in banana leaves, or in vegetable fiber sifters called urupemas. Common ingredients Cassava Cassava flour is an essential ingredient in Pará cuisine. The most used cassava flour is manioc flour. Cassava is needed for tucupi, another essential ingredient in local cuisine. It is a yellow sauce extracted from c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
