Martins Filho, Marcelino2017-08-292017-08-291954-11MARTINS FILHO, M. Rio's coffee trade has a noble tradition. The tea and coffee trade journal, New York, p. 78- 82, Nov. 1954.http://www.sbicafe.ufv.br:80/handle/123456789/9007Coffee growing in Brazil acquired international importance only from the time it spread throughout the Paraiba River valley, a vast sub-tropical “belt”, tributary to a large extent to the port of Rio de Janeiro. The precious rubiaceous plant was brought from French Guiana in 1721, by Major Francisco de Melo Palheta and introduced in the North of the Country. There, it remained as an article of more or less importance, by the side of cocoa, sugar, indigo and other products which were at the time cultivated.5 páginasenCafeicultura::Economia e política agrícolaArtigo