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Oficialmente chamado de Instituto da Pesca de Santos, o Museu de Pesca surgiu sobre as ruinas do Forte Augusto, uma fortificação inicialmente construida em 1734 e que teve o propósito de defesa da costa até o final do século 19. No início do século 20, sobre as ruínas do forte, a Marinha Brasileira construíu um novo edifício para funcionar uma Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros e que em 1930 passou para o governo do estado de São Paulo com a finalidade de ser a Escola de Pesca do Estado de São Paulo. Após a chegada do esqueleto da baleia, em 1942, a escola passou a servir como um museu especializado na pesca profissional oceânica.
Here's your soundtrack. Okay, maybe they're not exactly brazillian but their music is awesome and their live shows legendary.Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.Brazil was colonized in 1808 by the royal court of Portugal, which was fleeing Napolean's troops. They didn't stay long, and Brazil won its independence in 1822.Its biggest city, Sao Paulo, is the financial hub of South America. Brazil is the "b" in BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China. These four were labeled the world's fastest developing large economies in the year 2001.Brazil is known for three things: amazingly beautiful women, carnival, and Pele -- King of Football, Athlete of the Century, football ambassador of the world and a declared national treasure.Brazillians can tell foreigners a mile away, by the way their hips move. Samba is built into the soul of brazil and carnival is when it bursts out into twenty-four hour undying explosions of sound on every street.This picture of mask diving at the Taipus reefs makes me shed hot and salty tears all over my calendar, which is set on "January" right now.Text by Steve Smith.
