. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGEAPHY OF GOYAZ. 131 new municipality. The communications are also mucli easier than had been supposed, for the Pyrenees mountains scarcely rise more than 800 or 1,000 feet above the highest eminences of the surrounding chapadas. The loftiest peak, formerly greatly overestimated, is now known to attain an absolute height of not more than 4,550 feet, which is actually 1,000 feet less than the Chapada dos Yeadeiros, near Formosa. Villa dos Couros, as Formosa was formerly called, is situated in the neighbour- hood of Lake Formosa, and forms, with
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGEAPHY OF GOYAZ. 131 new municipality. The communications are also mucli easier than had been supposed, for the Pyrenees mountains scarcely rise more than 800 or 1,000 feet above the highest eminences of the surrounding chapadas. The loftiest peak, formerly greatly overestimated, is now known to attain an absolute height of not more than 4,550 feet, which is actually 1,000 feet less than the Chapada dos Yeadeiros, near Formosa. Villa dos Couros, as Formosa was formerly called, is situated in the neighbour- hood of Lake Formosa, and forms, with Meia-Ponte (now PyrenopoUs), one of the two largest centres of population in South Goyaz, although both contain only 2,000 or 3,000 inhabitants. The gold and diamond washings, which formerly attracted numerous adventurers from S. Paulo and Minas Geraes to the Meia- Ponte district, are no longer productive since the abolition of slave labour. Fio-. 46.—South Goyaz and Futtjee Federal Territoey of Brazil. Scale 1 : 2,540, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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