![An indigenous family of the Tucuxi tribe.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Indigenous%20Family.jpg?itok=Q43oMkNa)
Indigenous Family
![Between 1875 and the 1940s, cigarette packages often included collectible cards.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Cigarette%20Card_0.jpg?itok=HXYzyvlP)
Cigarette Card
![Indigenous peoples march in the 2012 People’s Summit.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Belo%20Monte%20Dam%20Protest.jpg?itok=GTDoAXSD)
Belo Monte Dam Protest
![Crowds in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Porto%20Alegre%20Protest_1.jpg?itok=4Mhs2x_T)
Porto Alegre Protest
![On the left, two axmen cutting timber in Fordlandia in 1931. On the right, the Immigrant Highway.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Amazon%20Development_0.jpg?itok=18vFLzvt)
Amazon Development
![An animated NASA map shows carbon monoxide produced by Amazon basin fires.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Carbon%20Monoxide%20Map.gif?itok=KNs5qqDU)
Carbon Monoxide Map
![On the top left, the winged-stem passion flower. On the bottom left, a hummingbird species. On the right, a 2011 aerial view of the Amazon rainforest.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Amazon%20Biome.jpg?itok=oQ8cjZ75)
Amazon Biome
The winged-stem passion flower is a native Amazon vine (top left). A hummingbird species, the fork-tailed woodnymph’s habitat is tropical (bottom left). A 2011 aerial view of the Amazon rainforest near Manaus, Brazil (right).
![A 2018 NASA map shows Amazon boundaries.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Amazon%20Boundaries.png?itok=hGkQ2vHb)
Amazon Boundaries
![On the left, a Pedra Furada rock painting. On the right, the Pierced Rock site.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Rock%20Painting.jpg?itok=Byd4xkQ8)
Rock Painting
![Oscar Pereira da Silva’s 1922 artistic interpretation of the initial Portuguese landing in Brazil.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Cabral%20Landing.jpg?itok=-_qW6HTh)
Cabral Landing
![A 1519 Portuguese map showing the Brazilian coast.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Brazil%201519%20Map_1.jpg?itok=qI0J8x1s)
Brazil 1519 Map
![Johann Moritz Rugendas’ painting of a Christianized Tapuyos Indian village.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Christianized%20Natives.jpg?itok=9dSEf4YI)
Christianized Natives
![On the left, dome of the Amazon Theater. On the right, the Amazon Theater.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Amazon%20Theater.jpg?itok=Zz4DbE03)
Amazon Theater
![Theodore Roosevelt sitting in a boat during the 1913-1914 Rondo-Roosevelt Scientific Expedition.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Roosevelt%20in%20Brazil_0.jpg?itok=iU4Ckcue)
Roosevelt in Brazil
![On the top left, a Johnson house in Fordlandia in 1935. On the bottom left, a plantation laborer’s house. In the center, a Fordlandia terraced hillside. On the right, John Rogge holds a one-year old rubber tree.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Fordlandia.jpg?itok=IyxnCJ2j)
Fordlandia
Johnson house in Fordlandia in 1935 (top left). Plantation laborer’s house (bottom left). Fordlandia terraced hillside in 1931 (center). In 1931, John Rogge, assistant manager at Fordlandia, holds a one-year old rubber tree (right).