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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  possessions ­
  is  really  larger  in  area  than  the  United
States  of  America,  by  about  200,000  square
miles.  It  is  fifteen  times  larger  than  Germany ­
  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  British, ­
  French  and  Dutch  Guiana  and  Venezuela;
on  the  west  by  Colombia,  Peru,  Bolivia,  Paraguay ­
  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