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casahistoria:
Latin America visit the
casahistoria general Latin American page for many more background sites.
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Documents
for the history of Brazil. A selection of documents on aspects of
Brazil´s history and society.
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Overview of Brazilian
history Links to sites with Brazilian interest. It does provide an
overview of Brazilian history that includes, The Empire, The Republic and
post-war Brazil. Produced by Brazilian
Consul in San Francisco. These links are courtesy of the
Wayback Machine
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Biblioteca
Nacional Contains documents online and has special exhibitions of
historical materials.
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Timeline
(to 1919) from the (bilingual) The United States and Brazil: Expanding
Frontiers, Comparing Cultures siteof
the new Library of congress site. Well presented with links to themes
and documents.
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Country Profile, Brazil
from the BBC, linked to
History Timeline of key events in Brazil
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Photographs and other Images Data Base Very good collection from the
University of Miami
and contains copies
of original documents from archives in Latin America accessed by
University of Miami faculty and students as well as photographs useful for
analysis. These links are
courtesy of the
Wayback Machine
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Brazilian
Government Document Digitization Project
Center for Research
Libraries project to "digitize executive branch serial documents issued
by Brazil's national government during the period between 1821 and 1993,
and by its provincial governments from the earliest available for each
province to the end of the Empire to 1889."
For current developments to the
national history themes:
- Yahoo Brazil news
excellent resource for current news items (in English) on Brazil
- Lanic Newsroom:
Texas Univ site for links to the recent news themes on Latin America in
general
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2. Indigenous Brazil
The position today:
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3.
Colonial
Brazil I
General outlines
Brazil Travel. Despite its name, this site provides a thorough history
chronology & outline in detail complete with useful cross links to other
sites.
A Country Is Born Brazil 1500-1750 Detailed account from
the
first chapter of Brazil: Five Centuries of Change by
Thomas E. Skidmore, Oxford University Press, 1999. Focus is on
the link between the crown and
overseas exploration.
Portugal in America
Brief outline of the Portuguese colonisation from fsmith.com
Early History
(Source
Brazilian Embassy, Washington)
Courtesy of the
Wayback Machine
The Portuguese Colony
brief bio of Brazils "discoverer"
The Letter of Caminha Dedicated to
Pero Vaz de Caminha, believed to have
lived between 1450 and 1500 was the scribe of the fleet of Pedro Alvares
Cabral and author of what is called the "birth certificate" of Brazil.
This is a brief study of Caminha's Letter to the King of Portugal and
it is basically a description of the encounter between the conquerors and
the native peoples, and their reactions. Includes an analysis of the letter,
& letter itself in Portuguese and English
Navigation and Discovery
Clear essays from the (bilingual)
The United States and Brazil: Expanding
Frontiers, Comparing Cultures site
of the US Library of Congress. Well presented with links to themes and
documents. Includes sections on:
The Portuguese Cartographic School
&
The Mapping of Brazil
Hereditary Capitanies
describes the system adopted in 1534, when Portugal divided Brazil in
Hereditary Capitanies, adopting a system they had already used when
colonizing the African colonies.
Bandeirantes Item from Travel Brazil about the
Bandeirantes
(bandeira is the Portuguese for "flag"; the
bandeiras used to
carry a flag to identify them), who led private expeditions which
explored the interior lands of Brazil during the 17th & 18th centuries
Portuguese Colonial World Visual introduction to the Portuguese
Empire, placing its South American expansion in a global context.
(5,180K) (The
Portuguese Colonial World Smaller version(1,456K). By R H Jackson.
Powerpoint pdf file, requiring Adobe Reader.
Portuguese
settlements: Useful, illustrated, pages
from Marco Ramerini's Dutch & Portuguese
Colonialism site:
Governors and
Viceroy of Portuguese Brazil, 1549-1760
Tiradentes
bio of the independence leader
The Colonial Period
Clear essays from the (bilingual) The United States and Brazil: Expanding
Frontiers, Comparing Cultures site
of the US Library of Congress. Well presented with links to themes and
documents. Includes sections on:
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4. Colonial
Brazil II
Mission influence
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Missions on the Fringes of Spanish America: A Comparison
This is a compendium of the materials from most of R H Jacksons
presentations on the Spanish, Portuguese and Jesuits. A large download,
but a mass of visual evidence. Brief textual introductions place the
developments in a context, then they are presented by geographical area.
North America first, then South
America (page 76) By R H Jackson. Powerpoint pdf file.
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Spanish Missions in the Lowlands Regions of South America
Thorough visual and graphical presentation of the Jesuit missions of the
Uruguay/ Brazil/ Argentina/ Paraguay region. Very clear. By R H Jackson.
Powerpoint pdf file.
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The Jesuits Missions (Reducciones)
in Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil
Mainly outline but give an overview. See also From Marco Ramerini's
Dutch & Portuguese Colonialism site
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Photos and history of San Ignacio Mini reducción jesuítica (Jesuitic
reduction), Misiones, Argentina
Mainly outline but give an overview. From Marco Ramerini's Dutch &
Portuguese Colonialism site.
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The
Jesuit Missions of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil Plans, pictures,
population data, brief textual outlines. Very thorough, set out by modern
country. By R H Jackson.
Powerpoint pdf file.
- San Lorenzo Martir: A Jesuit Mission in the Service of Spanish Policy
This essay examines the development of a Jesuit mission established in the
western part of the modern Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul in 1690 as
set against the backdrop of Spanish geopolitical concerns in the larger
region. Essay by RH Jackson.
see also casahistoria
Catholic Missions
in Latin America
Slavery
see
also youngcasahistoria
Slavery site
Dutch & French
Kingdom of Portugal &
Brazil, 1815-21
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Patrick Wilcken: Empire Adrift,
The Portuguese
Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821
Did you know the Portuguese Royal Court all up-sticked and headed for Rio during
the Napoleonic Wars? This explains the why's and how's. A good read, describing
the growth of Rio - as well as the duplicitous role of Britain. This may have
been where Britain first began to influence latin American internal politics
through the back door. Jan'06 (***) |
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5. Independence & Empire, 1821-1889
Political
narrative and overview
by Sarwat Shafiq Mahmood Straightforward account from Historical Text
Archive
The Imperial Period
Clear essays from the (bilingual) The United States and Brazil: Expanding
Frontiers, Comparing Cultures site
of the US Library of Congress. Well presented with links to themes and
documents. Includes sections on:
The Triple Alliance War and
the Positivist Tide
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