Debris displayed for photographers in Recife, Brazil, may appear scant, but there were two very suggestive details.
Picking Up Pieces From a Midair Explosion|Clive Irving|June 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The sugar plantations had reappeared, and the commerce of Recife had become extremely important.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
These surrounded and captured Recife, and the English found themselves masters of a large amount of booty.
South America|W. H. Koebel
We had hardly gone fifty paces into Recife, when we were absolutely sickened by the first sight of a slave-market.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Recife, three miles south, was the port and chiefly inhabited by native Portuguese.
The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. Dawson
First the town of Olinda, and then the neighbouring town of Recife, were captured, after very severe fighting.
South America|W. H. Koebel
British Dictionary definitions for Recife
Recife
/ (rɛˈsiːfə) /
noun
a port at the easternmost point of Brazil on the Atlantic: capital of Pernambuco state; built partly on an island, with many waterways and bridges. Pop: 3 527 000 (2005 est)Former name: Pernambuco