Monte Pascoal is a mountain to the south of the city of
Porto Seguro, in the state of
Bahia,
Brazil.
According to history, it was the first part of land viewed by Portuguese explorer
Pedro Álvares Cabral,
allegedly
In law, an allegation is a claim of an unproven fact by a party in a pleading, charge, or defense. Until they can be proved, allegations remain merely assertions. the first European to arrive in Brazil, in 1500. It was described as a tall, rounded mountain arising from the ocean.
Monte Pascoal is a national symbol to Brazilians and gives its name to a national park,
Parque Nacional do Monte Pascoal
Monte Pascoal National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional e Histórico do Monte Pascoal) is a national park in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
Location
The National and Historical park is in the Atlantic Forest biome.
It covers an area of , of which overlap ...
. The name "Pascoal" refers to "Páscoa" (Portuguese for "Easter"), as the sighting of the mount happened around the date of that festival.
It is one of the locations where the old growth
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
(Mata Atlântica) remains, and has been preserved.
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Mountains of Brazil
Geography of Bahia
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