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MANAOS , a See also:city and See also:port of See also:Brazil and See also:capital of the See also:state of See also:Amazonas, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Rio See also:Negro 12 m. above its junction with the Solimoes, or See also:Amazon, and 908 m. (Wappaus) above the mouth of the latter, in See also:lat. 30 8' 4" S., See also:long. 6o° W. Pop. (1908), about 40,000, including a large percentage of See also:Indians, negroes and mixed-bloods; the city is growing rapidly. Mangos stands on a slight See also:eminence overlooking the See also:river, 1o6 ft. above See also:sea-level, traversed by several " igarapes " (See also:canoe paths) or See also:side channels, and beautified by the luxuriant vegetation of the Amazon valley. The See also:climate is agreeable and healthful, the See also:average temperature for the See also:year (1902) being 84°, the number of See also:rainy days 130, and the See also:total rainfall 66.4 in. Up to the beginning of the loth See also:century the only noteworthy public edifices were the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of N.S. da Conceicao, the St Sebastiao See also:asylum and, possibly, a Misericordia See also:hospital; but a See also:government See also:building, a See also:custom-See also:house, a municipal See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, courts of See also:justice, a See also:market-See also:place and a handsome See also:theatre were subsequently erected, and a See also:modern See also:water-See also:supply See also:system, electric See also:light and electric tramways were provided. The " igarapes " are spanned by a number of See also:bridges. Higher See also:education is provided by a See also:lyceum or high school, besides which there is a noteworthy school (bearing the name of See also:Benjamin See also:Constant) for poor See also:orphan girls. Mangos has a famous botanical See also:garden, an interesting museum, a public library, and a meteorological See also:observatory. The port of Mangos, which is the commercial centre of the whole tipper Amazon region, was nothing but a river anchorage before 1902. In that year a See also:foreign See also:corporation began improvements, which include a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone river-See also:wall or See also:quay, storehouses for merchandise, and floating wharves or landing stages connected with the quay by floating bridges or roadways. The floating wharves and bridges are made necessary by the rise and fall of the river, the difference between the maximum and minimum levels being about 33 ft.
The See also:principal exports are See also:rubber, nuts, cacao, dried See also:fish, hides and piassava fibre. The markets of Mangos receive their supplies of See also:beef from the See also:national stock ranges on the Rio See also:Branco, and it is from this region that hides and horns are received for export. The See also:shipping See also:movement of the port has become large and important, the total arrivals in 1907, including small trading boats, being 1589, of which 133 were ocean-going steamers from See also:Europe and the See also:United States, 75 from See also:south Brazilian ports, and 227 river steamers from Path. This rapid growth in its See also:direct See also:trade is due to a provincial See also:law of 1878 which authorized an See also:abatement of 3% in the export duties on direct shipments, and a state law of 1900 which made it compulsory to See also:land and See also:ship all products of the state from the Mangos custom-house.
The first See also:European See also:settlement on the site of Mangos was made in 166o, when a small fort was built here by Francisco da Motta See also:Falcao, and was named Sao Jose de Rio Negro. The See also:mission and See also:village which followed was called See also:Villa de See also:Barra, or Barra do Rio Negro (the name " Barra " being derived from the " See also:bar " in the current of the river, occasioned by the set-back caused by its encounter with the Amazon). It succeeded Barcellos as the capital of the old capitania of Rio Negro in 1809, and became the capital of Amazonas when that See also:province was created in 185o, its name being then changed to Mangos, the name of the principal tribe of Indians living on the Rio Negro at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of its See also:discovery. In 1892 Mangos became the see of the new bishopric of Amazonas.
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