As the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Salvador DE Bahia witnessed the blending of European, African and Amerindian cultures.

萨尔瓦多是巴西第一个首都，在1549至1763年期间见证了欧洲文化、非洲文化和美洲文化在这里的融合。

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To see just how hard that can be, consider the case of Salvador de Bahia, for two centuries until 1763 the capital of Portuguese Brazil.

ECONOMIST: Brazilian cities

In December a team from the Brazilian Environmental Institute (IBAMA) tried in vain to find the bird in the Curaca region, some 600 km (370 miles) north of Salvador de Bahia.

BBC: Brazil hunts for unique lost bird

Transat Jacques Vabre competitors sail in the opposite direction to the coffee trade route of the 19th Century, leaving Le Havre in France and heading for Salvador de Bahia in Brazil.

BBC: Transat Jacques Vabre