Brazil Slide Series: Collection Belem Manaus, Slide No. 0031.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-19-2009

Description

View of the Port area with the Rio Negro river in the background and to the left is the old customs house. In the foreground is the Cathedral of Manaus. The sections of the floating docks (in the foreground) were imported and assembled in 1906 to adjust to the nearly fifteen meter rise and fall of the Rio Negro.Vista da área do porto com o Rio Negro ao fundo e, à esquerda, a casa da velha alfândega. No primiero plano vê-se a Catedral de Manaus. As seções do cais flutuante (no primeiro plano) foram importadas e montadas em 1906 para o ajustarem à elevação de aproximadamente quinze metros do Rio Negro.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

Rights

Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1994