80 Years of the boook continental projection of Brazil, Mario Travassos

Authors

  • Edu Silvestre de Albuquerque Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/rdg.v29i0.102081

Keywords:

Geopolitics, Circulation Networks, South America.

Abstract

The geopolitical Mario Travassos transposed mackinderiano concept of heartland for the Bolivian highlands, where occurred the hegemony of Buenos Aires because of the advantage of location in the La Plata Basin. From there, Travassos conceives a whole road and rail system in transverse lines from the "Bolivian strategic triangle" to the Brazilian Atlantic ports, and vertical lines for rail and waterway complex Madeira-Mamore, aiming to unite the Plata to Brazilian Amazon and project communications through the Andes. In the Amazon, unlike the situational advantage was Brazilian, due to the penetration of the Amazon River to the west. His ideas influenced the policies of territorial planning of the Brazilian state during the twentieth century, but currently living with the regional project in South America of Itamarty.

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Author Biography

  • Edu Silvestre de Albuquerque, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
    Doutor em Geografia, Docente da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Published

2015-06-17

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How to Cite

Albuquerque, E. S. de. (2015). 80 Years of the boook continental projection of Brazil, Mario Travassos. Revista Do Departamento De Geografia, 29, 59-78. https://doi.org/10.11606/rdg.v29i0.102081