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The glass mosaic compass rose is a reproduction of a figure found in the nautical chart belonging to Sebastiao Lopes, a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer (the original version is in the British Museum in London). The compass rose was inaugurated on 09/30/1997, designed to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil and the 85th anniversary of the Sugarloaf cable car. It was a project by Alfredo Britto and Flavio Pappi.

From Wikipedia: “Following the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, the land now called Brazil was claimed for the Portuguese Empire on April 22, 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral. The Portuguese encountered indigenous peoples divided into several ethnic societies, most of whom spoke the languages of the Tupi-Guarani family and fought among themselves. Although the first colony was founded in 1532, colonization actually began in 1534, when King John III of Portugal divided the territory into fifteen private, autonomous captaincies." (visit link)

On May 1, 2000 Brazil celebrated the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral on its shores with all the country’s superlatives intact.

Subject: Country Commemoration: 1997 Date of Founding: 1500 Date of Commemoration: May 1, 2000 Address: Address of the cable car station to get to the summit of Sugarloaf mountain: Av. Pasteur, 520 - Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Overview Photograph: Yes Detail Photograph: Yes Web site if available: [Web Link]

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