Macapa Map, Brazil
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Macapa History
By 1738 the Portuguese took complete control of the land and created a military army base. It was February 4th, 1758, when Sebastião Veiga Cabral (the son of Sebastião Veiga Cabral, the military governor of the Portuguese Army during those years) laid the foundation of a town and named it São José de Macapá. Its authority was given to Para’s governor namely Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado. read moreMacapa Travel Guide
Macapa grew rather slowly since its foundation in 1688, when some military men settled here next to a fortress that protected the mouth of the river Amazon. The fortress is now a museum in the city centre and another highly particular aspect in the modern city is its stadium (the Zerao), the only football field in the world which stands with each half in a different hemisphere. The official language in Macapa is... read moreThings about Macapa you may be interested in
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