Mji huo ulioitwa Mauricia, ulijengwa kwa miaka saba tu, nao ulijengwa kama majiji ya Ulaya kwani ulikuwa na barabara za lami, soko, majumba ya kifalme, hifadhi ndogo za wanyama waliotolewa Afrika na sehemu za Brazili, bustani za maua, kituo cha kwanza katika mabara ya Amerika cha kuangalia mambo ya angani, jumba la makumbusho, hospitali, na maktaba.
Mauricia, as he named it, took just seven years to construct and was planned along European lines, complete with paved roads, a marketplace, palaces, a zoo stocked with animals imported from Africa and regions of Brazil, botanical gardens, the first observatory of the Americas, a museum, hospitals, and a library.jw2019 jw2019