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CARAVELLAS

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 303 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CARAVELLAS , a small seaport of See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

BAHIA

Bahia, See also:

Brazil, on the Caravellas See also:

RIVER

river a few See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles above its mouth, which is dangerously obstructed by sandbars . Pop . (189o) of the See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality 5482, about one-See also:

HALF

half of whom lived in the See also:

TOWN

town . Caravellas was once the centre of a flourishing See also:

WHALE

whale See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery, but has since fallen into decay . It is the See also:

PORT

port of the Bahia & See also:

MINAS [MINOIDES] (c. 1790-186o)

Minas railway, whose See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic is comparatively unimportant .

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