1894 Perron map SANTA CATARINA ISLAND (FLORIANOPOLIS), BRAZIL (#92)

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1894 Perron map SANTA CATARINA ISLAND (FLORIANOPOLIS), BRAZIL (#92)
Nice map titled
Ile de Santa Catharina,
from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring. Overall size approx. 18.5 x 12.5 cm, image size approx. 11 x 6.5 cm. From
La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes
, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Cartographer is Charles Perron.
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Florianópolis
port city and capital, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, lying on the west coast of the Ilha (island) de Santa Catarina and linked to the mainland by the longest bridge in Brazil, the Hercilio Luz Bridge.
The first European settlement on the island was made in 1542 by Spaniards, but in 1675 control passed to the Portuguese, who established Desterro on the present city site in 1700. The settlement was given town status in 1726 and was raised to city rank in 1823. In 1893 the island was captured by revolutionaries who opposed the government of Brazilian president Floriano Peixoto. When the revolution collapsed, the city was renamed to honour the president.
Central Florianópolis consists mainly of wharves, warehouses, and business establishments. This older harbour district is encircled by a modern residential section known as Praia de Fora, built on hill slopes. Florianópolis is the seat of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1960) and the Universidade Para o Desenvolvimento do Estado de Santa Catarina (1966). Museums include the Anthropological Museum and the San Jaqui Museum. The city serves as the state administrative and commercial centre despite the problems of access to the interior caused by the unusually steep escarpment at the edge of the Serra do Paraná on the mainland. Industries produce metallurgical and electrical communications equipment, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and perfume. Florianópolis is linked with other coastal towns, such as Curitiba and Pôrto Alegre, by all-weather highways and steamers. There is air service to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Pôrto Alegre. Pop. (1980 prelim.) 153,547.
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