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Sat 10 Oct 2008Historic role for irishtimes.com
EMPEROR'S VISIT:BRAZIL'S BIGGEST-SELLING newspaper this week retraced in a special report the visit in 1877 of the country's emperor to Ireland, all thanks to the digital archives of The Irish Times
The trip by Dom Pedro II, who ruled from 1831 until he was deposed, in 1889, had been almost forgotten in Brazil, even by his own biographers, because it goes unmentioned in his diaries.
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