Preston E. James
Contributor
Maxwell Professor of Geography, Syracuse University, New York, 1964–70. Author of All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas; Latin America.
Primary Contributions (2)
Brazil, country of South America that occupies half the continent’s landmass. It is the fifth largest country in the world by area, exceeded in size only by Russia, Canada, China, and the United States, though its area is greater than that of the 48 conterminous U.S. states. Brazil faces the…
READ MORE