Rio de Janeiro
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- Names
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Antarctic France
France Antarctique
France antartique
França Antartica
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on coastal plain on Guanabara bay; traditionally, is said to have been charted by the Portuguese in 1502; French and Portuguese contended for settlement here 16th-18th centuries; thrived as shipping port for gold and diamonds in 18th century; today is a major commercial center.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Times Atlas of the World (1992); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Active
Julio Grinblatt (Argentinian, active United States, born 1960)
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