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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro is a major port city on the south-eastern coast of Brazil. It became the seat of the Portuguese court in 1808 and then served as the capital of the Brazilian Empire throughout its existence. Revenues from the coffee trade financed the modernisation of the city in the nineteenth century.

Rio de Janeiro
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Brazilian EmpireSocioeconomyRepublic of EcuadorMilitaryKingdom of PortugalDecline, Summary

Mentioned in 11 state histories

Colonial BrazilCaptaincy of BahiaState of BrazilFrance AntarctiqueCaptaincy of Rio de JaneiroDutch AngolaColonia del SacramentoCaptaincy of São PauloUnited Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the AlgarvesKingdom of BrazilRepublic of Pernambuco

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Rio de Janeiro. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rio-de-janeiro
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“Rio de Janeiro.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rio-de-janeiro. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Rio de Janeiro.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rio-de-janeiro.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Rio de Janeiro’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rio-de-janeiro (Accessed: ).

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