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Description: | Medal commemorating the fourth centenary of the discovery of Brazil, 1900. Obverse: Starboard quarter view of a 16th-century ship square-rigged on the fore-mast, two lateen sails on the main and mizen masts; another vessel leading (right), the shore in the distance. Legend: 'IV CENTENARIO DO DESCOBRIMENTO DO BRAZIL. MD-MDCCCC'. (The fourth centenary of the discovery of Brazil.) Reverse: The sun, inscribed 'LIBERDADE', rising, the sea in the foreground. Legend: 'INDEPENCIA DO BRAZIL. 7 DE SETEMBRO DE 1822' (The independence of Brazil,7 September 1822).
caption: Medal commemorating the fourth centenary of the discovery of Brazil, 1900; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the fourth centenary of the discovery of Brazil, 1900; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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