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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
 
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Pharos of Alexandria
The Seven Natural Wonders of the World
 
Mount Everest
The Great Barrier Reef
The Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
The Northern Lights
The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World
 
Palau
The Belize Barrier Reef
The Galapagos Islands
The Northern Red Sea
Lake Baikal
The Great Barrier Reef
The Deep Sea Vents
The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind
 
Stonehenge
The Colosseum
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Great Wall of China
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
The Hagia Sophia
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
 
The Empire State Building
The Itaipú Dam
The CN Tower
The Panama Canal
The Channel Tunnel
The North Sea Protection Works
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Seven Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World
 
Angel Falls
The Bay of Fundy
Iguaçú Falls
Krakatoa Island
Mount Fuji
Mount Kilimanjaro
Niagara Falls
The Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World
 
The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
Eiffel Tower
The Gateway Arch
The Aswan High Dam
Hoover Dam
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
The Petronas Towers
The Seven Forgotten Wonders of the Medieval Mind
 
Abu Simbel Temple
Angkor Wat
Taj Mahal
Mont Saint-Michel
The Moai Statues
The Parthenon
The Shwedagon Pagoda
The Forgotten Wonders
 
The Aztec Temple
The Banaue Rice Terraces
The Borobudur Temple
The Inca City
The Statue of Liberty
The Mayan Temples
The Temple of the Inscriptions
The Throne Hall of Persepolis
Petra
The Suez Canal
The Sydney Opera House
The Red Fort in India

Harbour of Rio de Janeiro

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro is located on the east coast of Brazil, in the Guanabara bay and Atlantic Ocean, the Rio de Janeiro harbor was discovered by Portuguese explorers who thought that they had reached the mouth of some immense river. They are believed to have been the first Europeans to see the bay in 1502. The Tupi Indians are the natives of the place.

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The Spanish navigators called the bay "Rio de Janeiro" (River of January) in honor of the month they arrived on. Hugging the steep hill sides the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro looks at the shore past the1,325-ft Sugar Loaf Mountain which juts into the bay. Other mountains loom at the north and west.

True European settlement didn't take place on the bay until more than 60 years later, when the Portuguese, in 1494, claimed this entire region as a colony and built a fort to keep French traders away from their holdings.

The harbor is slowly sinking along the bay. Moreover, it keeps getting smaller every year to accommodate homes and public places. The beaches adjoining the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro are crowded and even polluted in some instances. The natural beauty of Brazil's mountains by the bay, however, is unquestionable.

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