The History of Brazil: Empire, Slavery, and South America's Giant — Fexingo History
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Brazil’s history is a vast, often brutal epic: from the Tupi-Guaraní civilizations that met Portuguese caravels in 1500, through three centuries of colonial slavery, the gold rush of Minas Gerais, and the rise of a tropical empire that outlasted its European counterparts. Lucas and Luna explore how the Portuguese Crown, Jesuit missions, and African enslaved peoples shaped a society unlike any other in the Americas. They trace the arc from the first hereditary captaincies (capitanias hereditárias) to the transfer of the Portuguese court in 1808, the bloody war for independence led by Dom Pedro I, and the paradoxical reign of Dom...
