Alexander Graham Bell And Dom Pedro

Perhaps you do not know, but Brazil today has more than 100 million mobile phones in operation. And, believe it or not, an 18th-century emperor has everything to do with these amazing numbers. A major contributor for development of telephony was precisely the emperor of Brazil: Dom Pedro II, a passionate advocate for science and arts.

Dom Pedro II reigned in Brazil between July 18, 1841 and November 15, 1889, the date of the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic.

You see, in 1876 Dom Pedro II and the American President Ulysses S. Grant opened the exhibition of Philadelphia, when and where Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 to 2 August 1922) demonstrated his new invention, the telephone, beginning a whole new era of progress for humanity.

On that occasion many did not pay much attention to the small invent, but Dom Pedro did. On that occasion, he mentioned the classic William Shakespeare in Hamlet: "To be or not to be," then to exclaim, "This thing speaks!"

Dom Pedro II was the first Brazilian to use a telephone. He had relevant participation in the disclosure and the subsequent funding of the invention

Money talks!