Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
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Natal is a Brazilian municipality and the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Situated 2,227 kilometers from Brasília, the federal capital, it is th
Natal, capital do Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil
Alex Regis Morro do Careca Ponta Negra Natal RN
Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Apresentação, Natal
Rua Chile Natal RN
Dutch Brazil
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Dutch Brazil, also known as New Holland, was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization of the Americas. Th
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
…the Potengi River, which separates the North Zone from the others, the city was occupied by the Dutch between 1633 and 1654, during which it was named New Amsterdam. Its growth was slow during the first three centuries of its existence. Only from the 20th century onward did Natal undergo an intense modernization…
Dutch siege of Olinda and Recife
Maurice of Nassau became known as "The Brazilian" after returning to the Netherlands
Title page of Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648)
African woman in Brazil, by Albert Eckhout