BRAZIL TODAY AND TOMORROW [Illustration: [Logo]] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration: _Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro._ In the background are the Dois Irmãos Mountains, the flat-topped Gavea, and the curved granite peak of Corcovado. ] BRAZIL TODAY AND TOMORROW BY L. E. ELLIOTT, F. R. G. S., F. R. A. I., Etc. AUTHOR OF “BLACK GOLD,” “CHILE, TODAY AND TOMORROW,” etc. LITERARY EDITOR, PAN AMERICAN MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATED “The time will come when the Ocean will no longer limit the known lands, when a new world shall be opened up to the followers of the sea, and Thule will be no longer the Ultima Thule of the earth.” _Seneca_, “Medea.” New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1922 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1917. Revised Edition October, 1922. Printed in the United States of America TO M. L. E. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 Brazil’s Great Extent—Virgin Interior—Development during Last Hundred Years—Variety of Soil and Climate—Amazon Basin, Central Plateau, Coast—Diversified Industries and Populations—Divergent Interests—Brazil Over-Praised and Over-Blamed—South American Standpoint—North and South Americans—Ties with Europe. CHAPTER I