. The South American tour : a descriptive guide. travelers. Located on the Tropic of Capricorn, its ele-vation gives it a healthful climate which in combination withother advantages has produced men awake to the spirit ofprogress and eager to develop the astonishing resources of thisrichly endowed State. The city is not only the capital and theseat of State Government, but a notable center of educationand industry, and the home of many men of great is an ancient city, going back to the middle of the sixteenthcentury, 155-4, its name Sao Paulo, which had been pre-viously applied to a
. The South American tour : a descriptive guide. travelers. Located on the Tropic of Capricorn, its ele-vation gives it a healthful climate which in combination withother advantages has produced men awake to the spirit ofprogress and eager to develop the astonishing resources of thisrichly endowed State. The city is not only the capital and theseat of State Government, but a notable center of educationand industry, and the home of many men of great is an ancient city, going back to the middle of the sixteenthcentury, 155-4, its name Sao Paulo, which had been pre-viously applied to a Jesuit college here, being transferredto the new settlement by the Governor General of Brazil,Mem de Sa. Though of gTcater age than any city in ourown country, for three centuries it made small 1872 it was a town of 26,557 people. But within the lastforty years it has shown amazing growth, which few of ourcities can parallel, an increase of nearly fifteen fold. Al-though on the edge of the tropics, from its elevation of 3000 .:»«. LUZ STATION. SAO PArLO
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