Die Handelspolitik und Handelsbilanz Österreich-Ungarns

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Identifikator:: 1780948581

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-168414

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Smith, Henry Justin http://d-nb.info/gnd/124454801

Title:: John Pierpont Morgan, der Weltbankier

Place of publication:: Dresden

Publisher:: Reissner

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: 310 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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BRAZIL i9 well provided with rivers as Brazil. The mighty, muddy Amazon, the greatest river in existence, practically traverses the country from east to west in its 3850 miles journey to the sea. Some idea of its strength and volume may be gained when I state that its yellow waters color the Atlantic for over 100 miles beyond its mouth, and freshen the salt water for a distance of 180 miles. Emptying into this Queen of Rivers are more than 200 tribu taries, over 100 of which are navigable, the famous Rio Roosevelt or River of Doubt form ing one of the number. There are over 10,- 000 miles of navigable waterways for ocean vessels and 20,000 miles for light-draft boats. Brazil is a pastoral country and the indica tions are that it will always remain so. Its vast savannahs and fields have formed ideal locations for raising cattle and sugar, while its mountain sides and plateaus are unparal leled for the growth of its staple product— coffee, the average yearly crop of which is the enormous amount of 1,596,000,000 pounds. Rice, cotton, sugar, tobacco, matte (a species

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