Recife Brazil We find ourselves in front of the town hall of Abreu e Lima, in the metropolitan region of Recife. The municipality honours José Inácio de Abreu e Lima, one of the most enigmatic and multifaceted figures in Brazilian history.

If you’re new to Recife, the capital of Pernambuco, and you see how cosmopolitan this city is today, it might be difficult to imagine what it was like before the Dutch invasion in 1630.

Recife Brazil We are standing on the Boa Vista Bridge, “Boa Vista” simply meaning ‘lovely view’, built in 1876.

Recife Brazil We are at the Palácio do Campo das Princesas, located in the Santo Antônio neighbourhood of Recife, formerly known as Antônio Vaz Island. It serves as the seat of executive power for the state of Pernambuco and was founded in 1841.

Rio de Janeiro Brazil We're in the Glória neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, in front of the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute. Here you'll find around 160.000 documents on national history, including books, periodicals, artefacts, paintings, albums, maps and atlases, and more.

Recife Brazil The Port of Recife, where we are now, is older than the city. Back in the mid-16th century, the natural formation of reefs on the Brazilian coast provided a separation between the coast and the deep sea of the Atlantic Ocean, creating an expansive, calm region close to the shore.

Recife Brazil Here, in the Convent of Santo Antônio, in the centre of the city of Recife, lies the body of the Brazilian soldier Henrique Dias.

Luanda Angola The National Slavery Museum, here in Luanda, the capital of Angola, was built in 1977 on the site of the Casa Grande Chapel, a 17th century temple where the enslaved were baptised before boarding the ships that took them to the Americas.

Recife Brazil We’re standing on the corner of Rua do Imperador and Rua Primeiro de Março, the home of the first astronomical observatory in the Southern Hemisphere, and the Americas.

Alloa United Kingdom The Dunmore Pineapple is a folly in Stirlingshire, a county in Scotland.