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The Discovery of Brazil and the Monte Pascoal (854 words) |
 | The Monte Pascoal National Park is an Integral Protection Conservation Unit of the Atlantic Rainforest Discovery Coast World Heritage Site and the Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve in the state of Bahia. |
| According to a letter from Pero Vaz de Caminha, one of Pedro Álvares Cabral´s crew members, to the portuguese King D. Manuel I, the Monte Pascoal was the first sign of land that the Portuguese discoverer sighted on April 22nd 1500, before making their first landfall probably close to the mouth of the Caí River. |
| Today, Monte Pascoal Mountain (549 m) is part of the Monte Pascoal National Park that preserves on an area of 23.000 ha one of the last reserves of Atlantic Rainforest in the south of Bahia. |
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Monte Pascoal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (137 words) |
| Monte Pascoal is located at 16°53'47.73"S, 39°24'26.09"W; 156 km to the south of the city of Porto Seguro, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. |
| Monte Pascoal is a national symbol to Brazilians and gives its name to a national park, 'Parque Nacional do Monte Pascoal'. |
| It includes a Pataxó Indian settlement and is one of the sites where the original Mata Atlântica forest has been preserved. |
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