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TO BrazHomepage or LATweb   ¤  2008  ¤   OSU Libraries Catalog
Questions or comments to Prof. Edward A.  "Ted" Riedinger

Organization of the sections of this page:
 » current:  
 public life      culture and landscape      fine and popular arts 
   language, literature, and education      transportation     nature

» past and present:
data and statistics       history       biographies

  if you click on a link and it does not open, you may access it by identifying its address.  To identify its address scroll your mouse over the underlined phrase of the link.  Holding the mouse over the scrolled area, right click on the mouse.  A menu appears on which you can scroll down to "hyperlink properties."  Click on this phrase and it will give you the address, which you can then use to access the link.  Occasionally when you are clicking on to a site in Brazil, you may get an error message saying that the link has not been found ("não encontrado").  However, in the body of the message there may be a note indicating a web address that will link you to the home page of the site being sought.

To search by keyword press the keys "Ctrl" and "F" at the same time then enter the keyword in the search box that appears.

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    _{~ Public Life}
¦ »  Brazilian Government Web Sites ~ Non-Government Organizations (Organizações Não-Governamentais -- NGO) and Directory ~  Armed Forces of Brazil ~ Central Bank of Brazil ~ Brazilian Political Parties ~ Flags and Emblems in Brazil for country, states, cities, and corporations ~ States (26 plus Federal District) of Brazil with links to their cities, institutions, economies, governments, etc. ~ Organization of Município (the local government unit in Brazil, which consists of a zona urbana (urban zone) and often also a zona rural (rural zone); somewhat similar to city-county governments in the US whereby a city and county are co-terminous, such as San Francisco, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and others) ~ Social Issues in Brazil ~ Brazilian Labor Unions
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          _{~ Culture and landscape}
For images and videos of daily life in Brazil, set Google or Yahoo search engines to "images" and/or "videos,"  entering in the search box a phrase for the aspect of daily life sought ~ Brazilian Radio Stations ~ Brazilian Television Channels ~ Brazilian Newspapers ~ Current Weather by cities in Brazil ~ Brazilian News in English ~ Brazilian Community in US ~ Weekly Guide to Plays, Films, Restaurants, Events, etc. in Major Cities of Brazil ~ Photo Tour of Brazil  ~ Interactive Photo Montage of Brazil  ~ Travelers' Accounts with Photos of Brazil  ~ Stock Photo Archive for Brazil (with Latin America)  ~ Stock Images for Amazon and Pantanal ~ Rio "Maravilha"  ~ Slideshow Tour of Rio de Janeiro ~ Walking Tour up Mount Corcovado in Rio to Christ the Redeemer statue ~ Architecture Tour of São Paulo ~ Tour of Iguaçu Falls ~ Brazilian Cuisine ~ Brazilian Recipes and Second Helpings ~ Brazilian Regional Cuisines ~ National Holidays in Brazil (both official and popular, national and local) ~ Date Finders for Brazilian "Carnaval" (Carnival is the "long" weekend preceding Ash Wednesday) ~ Bibliography of Travel Writing on Brazil
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          _{~ fine and popular Arts}
Brazilian Musical Instruments, images and recorded sounds with music scores  (click "sons" then "percussões") ~ MPB selection by musician and group ~ Original Recordings of MPB from the Museum of Image and Sound (Rio) ~ Historical Recordings of Popular Music of North and Northeast from 1930s ~  MPB and Other Latin American music ~ Dictionary of MPB ~ Brazilian Academy of Music ~  Directory of Brazilian Art Institutions, Galleries, Organizations, and Schools  ~ Encyclopedia of Visual Arts in Brazil ~ Contemporary Brazilian Art ~ Online gallery of modern Brazilian Painters and Sculptors ~ Virtual tour of collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) of Rio de Janeiro and MAM of São Paulo ~ Directory of Brazilian Stage Theaters  Drama Companies ~ "Mini" encyclopedias for Brazilian Arts, Theater, Dance, and Film ~ Encyclopedia of Brazilian Theater ~ Brazilian Folklore Web Sites ~ Brazilian Folklore Dictionary ~ Brazilian Folk Legends and Charms ~ Renaissance in the Tropics, modern Brazilian culture 1922-1960
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          _{~ Language, literature, and Education}
Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) ~ Brazilian Popular Sayings ("Ditados") ~ Synopsis of Brazilian Literature ~ Selections from Classical and Modern Brazilian Literary Works ~ Directory of Brazilian Publishers ~ Public and Private Universities in Brazil ~ Federal Universities in Brazil by state (federal universities are federal government-funded public universities) ~ Brazilian Secondary and Technical Schools with web sites ~ National Archive of Brazil (click "exposições virtuais" to view current online exhibitions)
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          _{~ Transportation}
 Brazilian Airports ~ Air Distance Calculator in kilometers and miles for destinations in Brazil ~ Metro Subways in Brazil ~ Map of Brazilian Railway System ~ Principal Urban and Interurban Rail Companies with Interurban Routes (click company name under "ferrovias") ~ Videos of Train Rides in Brazil ~ Major Highways in Brazil ~ Maps of Highways by State ~ Maps and Descriptions of Rivers, Dams, and Locks in Brazil ~ Map of Time Zones
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         _{~  Nature}
Brazilian Flora and Fauna ~ Photo Tours of Native Brazilian Tree Groves ~ List of Native Trees with Latin and Portuguese names ~ Brazilian Flowering Trees ~ Orchids Photo gallery ~ Orchids Distribution ~ Brazilian Fruits and Fruit Terminology ~ Brazilian Medicinal Plants by Popular Name with Photos (click "ver ficha...") ~ Brazilian Medicinal Plants by Relation to Illness ~ Birds of Brazil with descriptions, images, and recordings of songs (click "search" to find by species name) ~ Paintings and Drawings of Birds (click "imagens" then "aves") ~ Brazilian Fish ~ Brazilian Coral Reefs (see map at base of page) ~ Conservation Projects by Brazilian ecosystem ~ Morpho (Blue) Butterflies listed by subgenus and group
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                past and present
      _{~ DaTA and statisticS:}
»  Brazilian Urban Demographic and Statistical Data (loads slowly due to extent of database; there are over 4,000 municípios, local government units, in Brazil) ~ Statistics on Brazil related to economic, demographic, health, education, communication, gender, etc. from national and international agencies ~ Fiscal, Monetary, Income, and Tax Data (click "estatísticas") of Brazilian Ministry of Finance (Fazenda) ~ Data of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) ~ Economic and business data of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Rio ~ Top 20 and Largest 500 Public and Private Corporations in Brazil ~ Comparative Data on Salaries in Brazil and Other Countries  ~ Brazilian Stock Exchange ~  Brazilian 2000 National Census ~ Data on Brazilian Women ~ Land Transportation Data ~ Automotive Industry Data ~ Brazilian Mineral and Hydrographic Resources ~ Power Plants in Brazil ~ Brazilian Paper Currency (images load slowly) ~ Brazilian Currency Relative to ($) US Dollar, 1916-1941, 1948-1999  ~ Calculator of Relative Value of ($) US Dollar, 1774-2006 ~ Converter for Purchasing Power of ($) US Dollar, 1774-2006 ~ Converter for Purchasing Power of (£) British Pound, 1264-2006 ~ British and US Official and Market Prices of Gold, 1257-2006
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      _{~ history}
» Table for Adoption, by Country, of the Gregorian over the Julian Calendars, beginning with Portugal, Spain, and Papal States, in 1582 ~ Kings of Portugal (1139-1910) ~ Databank of Portraits and Genealogy of Portuguese and Lusophone Region Monarchs, Nobles, and Families ~ Historical Dictionary of Portugal ~ Atlantic History ~ African Studies ~ Luso-African Studies ~ Colonial Governors-General and Viceroys of Brazil, 1549-1808 ~ Princes of Brazil, 1645-1808 ~ Monarchs in and of Brazil, 1500-1889 ~ Presidents of Brazil, 1889-2002 ~ Gallery of Presidents of Brazil, 1889-2002  ~ Video Montage of Brazilian Presidential Elections ~ Digitized, full-text retrieval of:  Brazilian Ecclesiastical Documents on Slave Society; Government Documents from 1830 to 1960:  Provincial/State Governments, 1830-1930; Imperial Court, 1844-1889; Imperial/Federal Ministries, 1821-1960 ~ Anais do Senado, records of the Brazilian Senate ~ Diarios/Anais da Câmara, 1826-1998, records of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies; at web site, click "Diários" ~ Records of Constitutional Assemblies, 1823-1994, at web site, click "Diários" ~ Brazilian Electoral History ~ Recorded Voices of Historic Brazilians (click "sons" then "vozoteca") ~ Newspaper Accounts of events in Brazil, 1888-1968 ~ Tour of the National Historical Museum of Brazil ~ Encyclopedia of Brazilian History ~  12/18/2007 (either province, state, or non-constituted area) ~ Brazilian Historical Statistics ~ History of Catholic Church in Brazil ~ Brazilian Antiques ~ Historical Flags of Brazil as a Colony, Kingdom, Empire, and Republic ~ Brazilian Philately and Historic Stamps (click items under "expo on-line") ~ Historic Photographs and Images of São Paulo
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            _{~ biographies}
» Dates (Birth and Death) of Famous Brazilians ~ Figures from Luso-Brazilian History and Culture ~ Brazilian Artists (click "biblioteca" then under "biografias" click "pesquise") ~ Biographies of Brazilian Writers ~ Brazilian Women Writers, 18th to 20th centuries  ~ Brazilian  Actors  Actresses  Directors ~ Directory of Catholic Bishops of Brazil ~ Isto É magazine's 20 nominees for its  "The Brazilian of the Century" Award and nominees for Awards in Categories of Arts, Sciences, and Public Life ~ First Names in Portuguese, their origin and English equivalent ~ Origins of some Brazilian Surnames 1  2 (for this site, scroll down to beginning of text at chapter two) 
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