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FLORIANOPOLIS (formerly Desterro, Nossa Senhora do Desterro and Santa Catharina, and still popularly known under the last designation)

FLORIANOPOLIS (formerly Desterro, Nossa Senhora do Desterro and See also:
SANTA
Santa Catharina, and still popularly known under the last designation) , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

PORT

port of See also:

Brazil and the See also:

capital of the See also:

state of Santa Catharina, on the western or inside See also:

SHORE

shore of alarge See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the same name, 485 m. S.S.W. of Rio de Janeiro, in 27° 30' S., 48° 30' W. Pop. (1890) 11,400, including, many Germans; (1902, estimate) 16,000; of the See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality, including a large rural See also:

DISTRICT

district and several villages (189o), 30,687. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is formed by the widening of the strait separating the island from the mainland, which is nearly 2 in. wide at this point. It is approached by narrow entrances from the N. and S., which are defended by small forts. The island is mountainous and wooded, and completely shelters the harbour from easterly storms. The surroundings are highly picturesque and tropical in See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, but the See also:

TOWN

town itself is poorly built and unattractive. Its public buildings include the See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president's See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal, See also:

LYCEUM

lyceum, See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and some old churches. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is warm for the See also:

LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude, but the higher elevations of the vicinity are noted for their mild climate and healthfulness. There are some See also:

German colonies farther up the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast whose products find a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market here, and a number of small settlements along the mainland coast add something to the See also:

trade of the town. The more distant inland towns are partly supplied from this point, but difficult See also:

mountain roads tend to restrict the trade greatly.

There is a considerable trade in market produce with Rio de Janeiro, but the exports are inconsiderable. Santa Catharina was formerly one of the well-known whaling stations of the See also:

South See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic, and is now a secondary military and See also:

NAVAL

naval station. The island of Santa Catharina was originally settled by the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish; Cabeza de Vaca landed here in 1542 and marched hence across See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country to See also:

ASUNCION (NUESTRA SENORA DE LA ASUNCION)

Asuncion, See also:

PARAGUAY

Paraguay. The Spanish failed to establish a permanent See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, however, and the Portuguese took See also:

possession. The island was captured by a Spanish expedition under See also:

VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

Viceroy Zeballos in 1777. A boundary treatyof that same See also:

YEAR

year restored it. to See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal. In 1894 Santa Catharina See also:

fell into the possession of revolutionists against the See also:

government of President Floriano Peixoto. With the collapse of the revolution the city was occupied by the government forces, and its name was then changed to Florianopolis in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the president of the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic.

End of Article: FLORIANOPOLIS (formerly Desterro, Nossa Senhora do Desterro and Santa Catharina, and still popularly known under the last designation)

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