Wonders3 - Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Title

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Latitude

-22.94722

Longitude

-43.17269

Place

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Geocoding Status

The geocoder found no matches.

World_Time

Natural Wonders

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Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_janerio

Brief

The large waterway was not a river; it was an island-studded bay that the Tamoio people had long before named Guanabara - "arm of the sea." Nearly five centuries later, both the native and European names persist. But now, instead of caravels and dugouts,

Year_Constructed

Description

No longer a tropical wilderness teeming with tapirs and jaguars, the bay's western shores now hold a roaring metropolis called Rio de Janeiro - the River of January.

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Tooltips

<img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/RioHarbour.png'> Harbor of Rio de Janeiro Type: Natural Wonders Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Built:

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