Casa de Ricardo
The place
Casa de Ricardo ("Ricardo's House") in the state of Bahia, Porto Seguro/Trancoso area (Costa do Descobrimento, Brazil), at 57 m elevation, Bahian Atlantic coast. Continuous Brazil cluster (batches 331-344, 5 entries). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Brazil missing. A guesthouse or pousada by the sea (typical Brazilian name), in an area of coastal Mata Atlântica (a threatened Brazilian biome, 12% remaining + Costa do Descobrimento, UNESCO 1999, primary Atlantic forests) and near Porto Seguro (Cabral's landing, 22 April 1500, the first formal "discovery" landfall in Brazil by the Portuguese), heritage of the Pataxó (a Tupi-Guarani maracatu people, 15,000 people, Coroa Vermelha reserve, heirs to 500 years of resistance to colonization).
The setting
Bahia, Porto Seguro/Trancoso, Costa do Descobrimento, Brazil, 57 m, Bahian Atlantic coast, continuous cluster batches 331-344, 5 entries, casa/pousada by the sea, Mata Atlântica 12% remaining, UNESCO 1999 primary forests + Cabral, 22 April 1500, first formal BR landfall, Pataxó Tupi-Guarani, 15,000, Coroa Vermelha, 500 years of resistance, ANOMALY Brazil missing.
