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	Pedro II of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Pedro II in regalia, in the opening of the annual session of the Brazilian Imperial Parliament (General Assembly), 1873.
		Emperor Pedro II was consecrated and crowned on July 18, 1841.
		His and his wife's remains were taken to Brazil in 1922, and were reburied in Petrópolis, their former summer residence, in 1939.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dom_Pedro_II (1068 words)

	Brazilian Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brazil's fate was in the hands of a few people concentrated in the capital who spread false stories and undermined discipline in the army and police.
		The Emperor then appeared before the General Assembly, took the constitutional oath, and a proclamation was issued declaring the end of the regency and the beginning of the personal rule of Pedro II.
		In Brazil the war contributed to the growth of manufacturing, to the professionalization of the armed forces and their concentration in Rio Grande do Sul, to the building of roads and the settling of European immigrants in the southern provinces, and to the increased power of the central government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Empire_of_Brazil (6679 words)

	Portugal And Brazil
		The old man is the ex-Emperor of Brazil, who had abdicated on the loth of December, 1889, and had returned to the land of his fathers to close one act in the extraordinary drama of the Braganza family.
		To his grandfather Brazil was a refuge of safety during the Napoleonic wars of 1807 ; and his father held possession of the throne as regent during the time when the independence of Brazil was acknowledged, and a new empire was enrolled among the imperial dynasties of the world.
		The Emperor was beloved as a ruler and respected as a cultivated scholar, who had brought his empire into close relations with the literary and scientific associations of the world.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/portugal-10.shtml (3171 words)

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRAZIL
		Pedro II (1825 - 1891), second and last emperor of Brazil was a reformist best remembered for overseeing the abolition of slavery in Brazil, in 1887, and for bringing millions of Italian, German and Polish immigrants to the south of Brazil.
		Brazil was proclaimed a republic with official separation of church and state.
		During this period, Brazil was friendly with the United States and other democracies but broke ties with the Nazi Third Reich because of German political activity in Brazil, including support of an open revolt.
	www.brazilbrazil.com /historia.html (2219 words)

	Brazil page
		Brazil remained as a Portuguese colony until 1808 when the Regent of Portugal, Dom John, fled to Brazil escaping from Napoleon.
		He made Brazil an equal part of the kingdom of Portugal and Brazil, that is it no longer had the status of a colony.
		Brazil has a huge foreign debt, mostly borrowed by the military regimes, which cannot be repaid but whose interest payments take almost the whole of foreign earnings.
	www.angelfire.com /mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/americas/brazil.html (1296 words)

	brazil map and map of brazil and information page
		In 1985, the ruling regime in Brazil ceded its power to civilian rule, and the country finally overcame a series of unpopular coups, corrupt leaders, and the military's constant intervention in the governance of this massive country.
		Today Brazil is justifiably famous for the Amazon River; Carnival in Rio; the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema; its many champion soccer teams, and of course, for the amazing collection of organized diversity that makes it one of the most significant and important countries on the face of the planet.
		Landforms Brazil is divided into five primary geographic areas: the northern Guiana Highlands; Brazilian Highlands (or plateau) central and east; the massive Amazon River Basin; Pantanal wetland areas of the southwest, and the Southern Highlands - to the west and south of Curitiba.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/samerica/br.htm (1239 words)

	Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Brazil has no mountains to compare with its Andean neighbours, but in every other respect it has all the scenic – and cultural – variety you would expect from so vast a country.
		Brazil is a land of profound economic contradictions.
		For political and administrative reasons, Brazil’s 25 states and one federal district are divided into five regions, terms that are used throughout this guide and which you will hear widely referred to in Brazil itself.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /south_america/brazil/introduction.asp (1102 words)

	Pedro II of Brazil
		When he was a boy of five, he became the emperor-to-be of Brazil on the edict of his father Pedro I who abdicated the throne on April 7, 1831 to fight a civil war in Portugal.
		But until the boy emperor-to-be grew to be fifteen, a series of regents administered the government, as his father had commanded.
		His and his wife's remains were brought to Brazil in 1922, and were reinterred in Petrópolis, their former summer residence, in 1939.
	pedro-ii-of-brazil.ask.dyndns.dk (542 words)

	Flag of Brazil
		Green represents the exuberant forests of the Amazon Rainforest, the Atlantic Jungle, and the Pantanal, while the yellow rhombus represents the country's gold reserves: Brazil once had the largest gold mines in the world and between 1500 to 1900, more gold was extracted from Brazilian territory than had previously existed in the whole world.
		The current national flag and ensign of Brazil, with 27 stars, was adopted on May 12, 1992 (Law number 8.421, May 11, 1992).
		The constellation of the Southern Cross is on the meridian (indicated by the number 6 in the diagram).
	flag-of-brazil.ask.dyndns.dk (557 words)

	Empire of Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		To consolidate his claim, Pedro — now Emperor Pedro I of Brazil — hired Admiral Thomas Cochrane, one of Britain's most successful naval commanders in the Napoleonic Wars and recently commander of the Chilean naval forces against Spain.
		Failing to form a new cabinet, he abdicated in favor of his five-year-old son Pedro (later to become Emperor Pedro II of Brazil), and left Brazil as he had arrived — on a British warship.
		In the 1870s, Rome pressured Brazil's Roman Catholic Church to conform to the conservative reforms of Vatican Council I, which strengthened the power of the pontiff by declaring him infallible in matters of faith and morals.
	empire-of-brazil.ask.dyndns.dk (6148 words)

	Brazilian Calendar - Monarchy in Brazil
		Dom Pedro I is crowned as emperor of Brazil.
		Brazil is defeated in the Battle of Las Peidras, the final conflict with Uruguay during their struggle for independence.
		Dom Pedro abdicates as Emperor of Brazil and will return to Portugal to assume the throne which he had previously renounced when his father died in 1826.
	www.southamericanway.com /calendar/monarchy.html (790 words)

	ROYALTY in Brazil. Only Brazil has a true blue Royal family.
		The house of BRAGANCA was the ruling dynasty of PORTUGAL from 1640 to 1910 and of BRAZIL from 1822 to 1889.
		When Brazil asserted its independence of Portugal in 1822, it became an empire under PEDRO I, son of the Portuguese king JOHN VI.
		Son of the prince regent, later King JOHN VI of Portugal and Brazil, Dom Pedro fled with the royal family from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro soon after the French invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 1807.
	www.brazilbrazil.com /royalty.html (626 words)

	Brazil
		Brazil may be divided into the Brazilian Highlands, or plateau, in the south and the Amazon River Basin in the north.
		Southern Brazil is drained by the Plata system—the Paraguay, Uruguay, and Paraná Rivers.
		Although a republic was proclaimed, Brazil was ruled by military dictatorships until a revolt permitted a gradual return to stability under civilian presidents.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107357.html (1153 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Brazil nut BRAZIL NUT [Brazil nut] common name for the Lecythidaceae, a family of tropical trees.
		The Colonial Period Upon the discovery of Brazil, the Portuguese began to describe the wonders of the new land.
		Argentina is bordered by Chile on the west, Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, Brazil and Uruguay on the northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/01827.html (554 words)

	Pedro I of Brazil - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pedro I (of Brazil) (1798-1834), emperor of Brazil (1822-31), the second son of King John VI of Portugal, born in Lisbon.
		By 1815 Napoleon had been defeated in Europe, opening the way for the monarchy to return to Lisbon.
		The council of regency was opposed by a liberal movement in Lisbon that sought Beresford’s removal and a more representative government.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Pedro+I+of+Brazil (188 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Pedro I of Brazil
		Pedro I PEDRO I [Pedro I] (Dom Pedro de Alcântara), 1798-1834, first emperor of Brazil (1822-31); son of John VI of Portugal.
		Pedro II PEDRO II [Pedro II] (Dom Pedro II de Alcântara), 1825-91, emperor of Brazil (1831-89).
		Miguel MIGUEL [Miguel], 1802-66, Portuguese prince; son of John IV of Portugal and younger brother of Pedro I of Brazil.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Pedro+I+of+Brazil (473 words)

	Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - Elementary, Emperor
		Sometimes he cooked for the emperor, and he had published a book of tips and recipes in which, among other things, he taught that one should not put on the platter a spoon that had previously been in the mouth.
		Brazil is staging a military operation involving a Hercules transport plane and Navy ships - all to return four dozen wayward penguins to the icy waters of Antarctica, authorities said...
		Brazil's Communications Minister, Hélio Costa, says that for now he cannot give more details, but that thanks to two American companies Brazil soon will be able to implant broadband in...
	www.brazzil.com /content/view/8849 (5499 words)

	The Avalon Project : Brazilian-American Diplomacy - Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation; December 12, 1828
		ARTICLE I. There shall be a perfect, firm and inviolable peace and friendship between the United States of America and their citizens and His Imperial Majesty, his successors and subjects, throughout their possessions and territories respectively, without distinction of persons or places.
		The Government of the United States, however, considering the present state of the navigation of Brazil, agrees that a vessel shall be considered as Brazilian when the proprietor and captain are subjects of Brazil and the papers are in legal form.
		The citizens and subjects of neither of the contracting parties shall be liable to any embargo, nor be detained with their vessels, cargoes or merchandise or effects, for any military expedition, nor for any public or private purpose whatever, without allowing to those interested a sufficient indemnification.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/brazil/brazil01.htm (1047 words)

	Portuguese (including Brazilian) Royal Family
		Brazil was demanding independence from Portugal and Pedro was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil (as Pedro I) on 12 October 1822.
		See 18.24 - Brazil was demanding independence from Portugal and Pedro was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil (as Pedro I) on 12 October 1822.
		See 37.5L - Pedro was Emperor of Brazil until he was deposed on 15 November 1889.
	www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Portuguese_Royal_Family.htm (1516 words)

	History Channel Search Results
		(1798–1834), emperor of Brazil (1822–31), the second son of King John VI of Portugal, born in Lisbon.
		To escape a French invasion of Portugal, Pedro and his parents fled to Brazil in 1807.
		He abdicated as emperor of Brazil in 1831 and returned to Portugal, where he supported Maria against his brother Miguel (1802–66), her rival for the throne.
	www.historychannel.com /thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=218829 (154 words)

	Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - Brazil's Emperor Tourist
		Pedro was born in 1825 in Rio de Janeiro, the son of Brazil's first emperor, Dom Pedro I and his French wife and grandson to Dom João VI of Portugal.
		Brazil during the time of Pedro was a largely agricultural country, highly dependent on its sugar exports, especially in the northern state of Bahia.
		In Cambridge the emperor arrived in the afternoon and visited the Trinity College, the university library and museums, the botanic garden and the Round Church before leaving for London on the morning train.
	www.brazzil.com /content/view/881/34 (2891 words)

	Timeline: Brazil
		BBC, Friday, 11 May 2001, 15:59 GMT 16:59 UK - Portuguese land in the area and claim it to the Portuguese crown.
		Brazil produces 65% of world's coffee by 1902.
		2000 - Celebrations to mark Brazil's 500th anniversary marred by protests by indigenous Indians, who say that racial genocide, forced labour and disease have dramatically cut their population from an estimated 5 million before the Portuguese arrived in 1500 to the current 350,000.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/42/083.html (548 words)

	Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The citizens of Brazil were once again unhappy and overthrew the government in 1889 and became a republic.
		Brazil's climate is mostly tropical, but in some areas in the south it is temperate.
		Brazil is most known for its Rio Carnaval, but the carnival season lasts the last seven weeks leading up to the Easter holiday.
	schoolweb.missouri.edu /ashland.k12.mo.us/0405/11 (852 words)

	South American Way - Monarchy in Brazil - Brazilian Imports
		Dom Pedro is proclaimed emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro is proclaimed emperor of Brazil, October 12, 1822.
		Portugal recognizes Brazil, Portugal recognizes Brazil, August 29, 1825.
		Dom Pedro II becomes Emperor, Dom Pedro II becomes Emperor, July 23, 1840.
	www.southamericanway.com /monarchy.html (987 words)

	"BRAZIL"
		Confronted with a military uprising in 1889, Pedro 1st is forced to abdicate.
		Dominated by servicemen from 1964, Brazil knows a hard period of repression.
		The federative republic of Brazil is a presidential democracy.
	www.afcam.org /Anglais/PAYS/BRESIL.htm (390 words)

	LATIN AMERICAN MSS.--BRAZIL
		Brazil, 1639-1871, consist of various documents including correspondence, description and travel books, maps, an architectural plan, Franciscan and Jesuit writings, as well as manuscripts and printed material relating to the capitulation of French Guiana and the Portuguese and Brazilian royal families.
		For 1821 and the Independence period there is an autograph letter by Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, (Jan. 28, 1821), as well as a draft of a letter sent by Joao VI, king of Portugal, to his son Pedro I concerning the future relations between Portugal and Brazil (June 12, 1823).
		There are two works that deal with Germans in Brazil, one a bound journal written by Wilhelm Hartleben with his observations in Minas Gerais, including pencil drawings of people, plants and other subjects.
	www.indiana.edu /~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/latinambraz.html (545 words)

	The Brazilian Monarchy - Projeto Pró-Monarquia do Baronato de Fulwood e Dirleton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and Pedro IV King of Portugal
		For that, he was demoted from regent to a mere representative of the Lisbon court in Brazil.
		Dom Pedro I assumed the title of Emperor instead of King, both to underline the diversity of the Brazilian provinces and to emulate Napoleon, who linked the idea of Empire — as opposed to that of Kingdom — to the French Revolution and modernity.
	www.monarquia.com /PedroIofbrazil.htm (1172 words)

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