Famous life · 15.08.1925
Fifty families sail from Tallinn for Brazil
Viiskümmend peret sõidab Tallinnast Brasiiliasse
In the mid-1920s a wave of Estonians, many of them landless, set off for South America. In summer 1925, 153 families organised themselves: each head paid 5,500 marks, and three men were sent ahead to scout for land. On Saturday 15 August about 50 families were to board the steamer Ariadne in Tallinn harbour, the start of a long voyage via Hamburg to Brazil. The scouts wrote that the São Paulo government gave free passage to Europeans who agreed to work a year on its coffee plantations, and that the land they had rented did not yet have houses for everyone.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1920. aastate keskel asus hulk eestlasi, paljud neist maata, teele Lõuna-Ameerikasse. 1925. aasta suvel organiseerusid 153 perekonda: iga perepea maksis 5500 marka ja kolm meest saadeti ette maad kuulama. Laupäeval, 15. augustil pidi umbes 50 peret astuma Tallinna sadamas auriku Ariadne pardale, et alustada pikka reisi Hamburgi kaudu Brasiiliasse. Maakuulajad kirjutasid, et São Paulo valitsus annab eurooplastele tasuta sõidu, kui nad töötavad aasta kohviistandustes, ning et nende renditud maatükil pole veel kõigile elamuid.