Nassau built his city on Antônio Vaz Island, several hundred feet [a few hundred meters] from Recife, and commissioned two bridges ​ — engineering feats for their day — ​ to link Recife, Mauricia, and the mainland. ​ — See the box “Maurice of Nassau and the Flying Cow. ”
Ģenerālgubernators savu pilsētu uzcēla uz Antoniu Vasa salas dažus simtus metru no Resifi un pavēlēja uzbūvēt divus tiltus, kas bija tam laikam izcils inženiertehnisks sasniegums, lai savienotu Mauritsstadi ar Resifi un kontinentu. ( Skat. ielogojumu ” Johans Mauritss un lidojošā govs ”.)