San Leon. Original Mexican colonization laws allowed only people of Mexican or Spanish decent to settle on coastal land. However, Stephen F. Austin became the first American empressario given permission to colonize the Galveston Bay area. He sold a league of land bordering Galveston Bay and Dickinson Bayou to Amos Edwards in 1828. The Edwards family lived and ranched on the estate for nearly a decade.
Brazil is famous for its soccer team and culture, better known as âJogo Bonito.â The beautiful style of Brazilian soccer players has wowed the world because it is highly entertaining.
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth-largest in the world, with an area of 8,515,767 kmÂ² . The country is subdivided in 26 States and the Federal District. During the 20th century, Brazil was divided by IBGE into three different areas: the meso-regions, the micro-regions and the macro-regions.