Brazil - Vivid Maps

Political maps

May 23, 2025 Alex

Brazil’s Upside-Down World Map

Explore Brazil’s south-up map and discover how changing map orientation can shift your entire view of the world.

1820's map of Rio de Janeiro over the current city, showing the landfills that were done

Cities

February 20, 2025 Alex

Underwater to Underground: How Rio de Janeiro Stole Land from the Sea

Rio de Janeiro is a city that has been reshaped over centuries—not just culturally and architecturally, but also in its

Map of territory evolution of the Brazil

Historical Maps Political maps

June 5, 2020 Alex

Territorial evolution of Brazil

The first Portuguese settlement was founded after the signing “Tordesilhas Treat” in 1532. Colonization began in 1534 when King John III of Portugal split the territory into the fifteen private and autonomous Captaincy Colonies of Brazil.

Charts Crime maps

November 19, 2018 Alex

Homicide Rate in the United States

Crime rates in the U.S. have changed over time, with rapid growth after 1900, reaching a sizeable bulging top within the 1970s and early 1990s. Since then, crime has decreased significantly. In 2018, the murder rate in the United States was 5 per 100 thousand, for a sum of 15.5 thousand murders.

Size comparison maps

June 13, 2018 Alex

Australia and Brazil comparison

Explore the striking differences between Australia and Brazil through maps, population density, and geographical features that shape these unique countries.

Mapping Stereotypes

February 12, 2018 Alex

The Divided States of Brazil: Exploring Regional Stereotypes Through Humorous Maps

From “drowning in your own sweat” summers to debates about whether rice goes on top of beans (or vice versa), these user-created maps offer an amusing, if irreverent, window into Brazil’s remarkable regional diversity. While they shouldn’t be taken too seriously, they highlight how this massive nation contains multitudes.