Marajó, an island situated between the estuaries of the Amazon and Para, with an area of nearly 18,000 sq. m. It is for the most part low and covered with grass and bush, but in the east and south with dense forest. The soil is fertile, and large herds of cattle are reared in the north-east.
Marajó
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 35
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