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. MauГЎ, O Primeiro Gigante
The series traces the meteoric rise and eventual fall of Brazil's first great entrepreneur. The Rise of an Empire Built the first railway in Brazil (Estrada de Ferro Mauá)