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Bible Encyclopedias
Caravellas
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a small seaport of southern Bahia, Brazil, on the Caravellas river a few miles above its mouth, which is dangerously obstructed by sandbars. Pop. (1890) of the municipality 5482, about one-half of whom lived in the town. Caravellas was once the centre of a flourishing whale fishery, but has since fallen into decay. It is the port of the Bahia & Minas railway, whose traffic is comparatively unimportant.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Caravellas'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/caravellas.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Caravellas'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/caravellas.html. 1910.
