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November 22, 1938
The Times News
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
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Brazil, in 1938, plans extensive infrastructure projects including thousands of miles of railroads and highways into its vast interior regions like Goyaz, Matto Grosso, and Bahia, plus steamship reorganization, to tap undeveloped resources and spur economic growth, akin to America's 19th-century frontier push. The country spans 3,285,319 sq mi with 45M population.
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Brazil Prepares to Tap Its Vast Hinterland
The frontier days, so epic in the history of the United States are still ahead of vast, sprawling Brazil. But the country is moving in on the hinterland with a new vigor, following the path of the rails as did America from the roaring forties to the eighties.
The lack of transportation has long retarded Brazil's economic growth. But now a big scale program is to be launched in both road and rail routes. Navigation improvement is planned as well.
Reports indicate that thousands of miles of railroad will be built inland as far as the states of Goyaz and Matto Grosso and extensive highway construction will open up the back country as far north as Bahia. At the same time there will be wholesale reorganization of the government-owned steamship lines with a view to tapping new resources of the incredibly rich and undeveloped country.
So vast is Brazil that some boundaries have never been surveyed. Official estimates place its area at 3,285,319 square miles. The population approximates 45,000,000. Brazil is the largest state in South America, exceeding the size of Continental United States, exclusive of Alaska, by 250,000 square miles. It has a coast line on the Atlantic of 4106 miles, and the country extends 2691 miles from north to south and 2500 miles east to west. The northern half is the great heavily wooded basin of the Amazon, 3854 miles long. In all its rivers Brazil possesses 40,000 miles of navigable waters.
Brazil is shown above on a map stamp of the country issued in 1927.
(Copyright, 1938, NEA Service, Inc.)
Brazil Prepares to Tap Its Vast Hinterland
The frontier days, so epic in the history of the United States are still ahead of vast, sprawling Brazil. But the country is moving in on the hinterland with a new vigor, following the path of the rails as did America from the roaring forties to the eighties.
The lack of transportation has long retarded Brazil's economic growth. But now a big scale program is to be launched in both road and rail routes. Navigation improvement is planned as well.
Reports indicate that thousands of miles of railroad will be built inland as far as the states of Goyaz and Matto Grosso and extensive highway construction will open up the back country as far north as Bahia. At the same time there will be wholesale reorganization of the government-owned steamship lines with a view to tapping new resources of the incredibly rich and undeveloped country.
So vast is Brazil that some boundaries have never been surveyed. Official estimates place its area at 3,285,319 square miles. The population approximates 45,000,000. Brazil is the largest state in South America, exceeding the size of Continental United States, exclusive of Alaska, by 250,000 square miles. It has a coast line on the Atlantic of 4106 miles, and the country extends 2691 miles from north to south and 2500 miles east to west. The northern half is the great heavily wooded basin of the Amazon, 3854 miles long. In all its rivers Brazil possesses 40,000 miles of navigable waters.
Brazil is shown above on a map stamp of the country issued in 1927.
(Copyright, 1938, NEA Service, Inc.)
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Journey
What themes does it cover?
Exploration
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Brazil Hinterland
Infrastructure Development
Railroads Highways
Amazon Basin
Economic Growth
Where did it happen?
Brazil
Story Details
Location
Brazil
Event Date
1938
Story Details
Brazil is preparing to develop its vast hinterland with new railroads, highways, and navigation improvements to boost economic growth, similar to U.S. frontier expansion in the 1840s-1880s.