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Installed the first gas street lighting in Rio de Janeiro.

His belief that slave labor was incompatible with modern capitalism. MauГЎ, O Primeiro Gigante

Inspired by the British Industrial Revolution, he sought to bring progress to Brazil. Major Achievements: Installed the first gas street lighting in Rio de Janeiro

The introduction of modern banking and investment structures in South America. 🔗 Where to Watch MauГЎ, O Primeiro Gigante

Built the first railway in Brazil (Estrada de Ferro Mauá).

His vision often clashed with the agrarian, slave-owning elite and the centralist policies of Emperor Dom Pedro II.

Mauá was an abolitionist and a proponent of free trade.