World's Most Remote Colonial Forts

[Bandeirante]

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Forte de Coimbra - Close to Corumbá. Built in 1775, across the Paraguay River, Brazil's Western Borders in Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Big Swamp. A trip from Rio de Janeiro to the place via São Paulo lasted six months inland, by the rivers. From Lisbon it was the fartest route from the old Portuguese Empire, fartest in time of travel even than Lisbon-Macau in China by the Oceans.
It was a fortified point against the Guaicurus Indians, considered one of the fiercest warrior group in South America, also known as the Indios Cavaleiros (Knight Indians). They were responsible for the defeat of the Spaniards in the region before the Brazilian Conquest. The Guaicuru assaulted the Forte de Coimbra in Jan-6-1778 killing 54 Soldiers from the Forte.
In the 1801 War the Spaniards from Paraguay tried to conquer the Forte and failed after a siege. The Forte was the Brazilian stronghold in the conquest of the Pantanal.
In the 1864 War the Paraguayans conquered the Forte with 3.100 men and 11 ships. The Forte de Coimbra was reconquered by the Brazilians in 1868. The War of Paraguay lasted from 1864 to 1870.
It was the geopolitical key to Mato Grosso, the world's last agricultural plain.

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Guaicurus Today and Yesterday

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Fire, Death and Passion in the Continental Heart of South America

[JVeld]

^^ Hot Hot Hot !!! ^^

[buttchowder]

Are some of those pictures from a movie?

[AirForceOne]

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Holy moly she is super hot!

BTW are those people living like that today?

[rosscoliosis]

May I be the first one to say..."****IES!"? ;-)

[Rictor]

Correction, those are some National Geographic ****ies, which means they're, like, just a part of nature and stuff.

[kerfuffled]

I hereby proclaim myself to be a "Nature Buff".

[I'mOnlyHalfPolish]

hhhmmm that mustve been a helluva place to have been posted at...sh*t that place is so remote i couldn't imagine if you needed to be resupplied or regarrisoned...and the hot chick is a plus as well, i like your style adding the eye candy at the end

[BenUSMC]

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I feel like making a trip down to south america and going native for a while. I'll tell her I'm a brave warrior who has repelled the murderous Persian insurgents ! Im sure to get into her loincloth with that one!

[PrinzEugen]

Thanks, very interesting post. Never heard of that fort before.
Oh, and I`m in to the National geographic thing to, so doubble thanks!

[Bandeirante]

Forte Príncipe da Beira, Costa Marques, Rondônia

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Built from 1776 to 1785
Amazon Walls, Vauban Style Fort
The stones and guns were brought from Belem in an extremely tough effort of years in the jungle. The Forte marks the border between Brazil and Bolivia

Forte Príncipe da Beira

Real Location online map - see the jungle in the region
wikimapia.org/508842/

More pics
www.funceb.org.br/revista4/rc4_forte_principe_da_beira.pdf (http://www.funceb.org.br/revista4/rc4_forte_principe_da_beira.pdf)

The Guaicuru Girl

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Mato Grosso Today

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[Heron]

sweet sweet :)

[dimasorokine]

I feel like making a trip down to south america and going native for a while. I'll tell her I'm a brave warrior who has repelled the murderous Persian insurgents ! Im sure to get into her loincloth with that one!

But what if you have to prove yourself in a spear fight against one of the real warriors!? Just be careful man :)

-Dima