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History flows on

Continuing to follow the course of history along the S茫o Francisco river in Brazil

In 1867, explorer Richard Burton canoed the length of the previously uncharted S茫o Francisco River in Brazil scouting for the British empire. 大象传媒 Brazilian journalist Paulo Cabral retraces the route, recording his own 21st-century impressions of life there.
Part two: from a 19th-century hide-out of runaway slaves in Bom Jesus del Lapa to a tropical fruit paradise in Petrolina.

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22 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project