at a glance
Presented by the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, the study Centro do Rio de Janeiro sob uma perspectiva cartográfica: evolução histórico-geográfica,(The Center of Rio de Janeiro from a cartographic perspective: historical-geographical evolution), by Bruna Santos Miceli and Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes, presents through cartographic documents how, in certain periods, humans have occupied a particular area. The main purpose of this work is to examine the evolution of the central area of Rio de Janeiro through historical and geographical survey-mapping, looking at the current districts of centro, saúde, gamboa, cidade nova, glória, santo cristo and part of são cristóvão.
