O Mapa da Mina is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo from March 29, 1993 to September 3, 1993, in 137 episodes.

Plot

In Uruguay, a gang steals ten million dollars in diamonds. One of the thieves, Rodolfo (Mauro Mendonça), flees to Argentina. Ivo (Paulo José) goes to São Paulo, hiding the product of the robbery, except that he is arrested. Eight years later, when he gets out of jail, he is run over and dies, but before this he still has time to tell his son, Rodrigo (Cássio Gabus Mendes), that he and Ivo had a map tattooed above a girl's buttocks, Elisa (Carla Marins), a map that shows a location of the diamonds, even taking care to photograph the girl. Elisa is a novice and is about to make her perpetual vows.