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BRAZIL 
The Republic of the United States of 
Brazil, including the Acre Territory, is the 
largest of the South American countries and 
if we include Alaska and our island posses 
sions is really larger in area than the United 
States of America, by about 200,000 square 
miles. It is fifteen times larger than Ger 
many and sixteen times larger than France. 
With the exception of Ecuador and Chile its 
frontier touches every country of South 
America, being bounded on the north by Brit 
ish, French and Dutch Guiana and Venezuela; 
on the west by Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Para 
guay and Argentine; on the south by Uruguay, 
while the Atlantic Ocean forms its eastern and 
a portion of its northern limitation. Its most 
eastern point is but three days’ sail from the 
western coast of Africa. It is the fourth