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Área Indígena Guarani Boa Vista, Município de Ubatuba Boa Vista Indigenous Area, Municipality of Ubatuba Location: – The Boa Vista Area is located in the municipality of Ubatuba (north coast of the state of São Paulo), 20 km from Ubatuba city along the Rio-Santos Highway.
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Ferreira, M.L. (2012). Map-making in São Paulo, Southern Brazil. In: Mukhopadhyay, S., Roth, WM. (eds) Alternative Forms of Knowing (in) Mathematics. New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education , vol 24. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-921-3_7
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