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The Banco do Brasil Cultural Center Rio de Janeiro (CCBB-RJ) presents exposition “Brazil No [center of] Map”

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World map in commemoration of the 2nd Centenary of Independence 2022. Printed. 100x150cm. Paulo Protasio's Collection – Brazil. celebrating 200 Brazil's years as an independent nation, we produced this world map with Brazil in the center. The idea is to bring greater clarity to our position in the world and encourage us to realize our own protagonism.. The self-centered position allows us to visualize the resonance field of our actions in the world and, also, understand the forces that affect us. Another effect is to present us with the three oceans in their entirety.. The realization that we are surrounded by oceans, not only gives us the dimension of our possibility of communication with all continents and all nations, but also invites us to take responsible action with this environment that is the cradle of life on Earth. The production of this map had the support of the 5th Geoinformation Center of the Brazilian Army.

Open to the public in the month of the discovery of Brazil, the exhibition brings a series of gems of cartography, as the first map of the Brazilian coast, still called Vera Cruz. “Geography cannot be underestimated. It brings with clarity the reason of our history – past, present and future. A questão ambiental traz a … Read more