Early Brazil
A Documentary Collection to 1700

Early Brazil presents a collection of original sources, many published for the first time in English and some never before published in any language, that illustrates the process of conquest, colonization, and settlement in Brazil. The volume emphasizes the actions and interactions of the indigenous peoples, Portuguese, and Africans in the formation of the first extensive plantation colony based on slavery in the Americas, and it also includes documents that reveal the political, social, religious, and economic life of the colony. Original documents on early Brazilian history are difficult to find in English, and this collection will serve the interests of undergraduate students, as well as graduate students, who seek to make comparisons or to understand the history of Portuguese expansion.

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'Nothing like this collection exists in English. These documents offer well-selected representations of the given issues and many of these are translated into English for the first time, making the volume an invaluable addition to the currently quite limited English language literature on the first two centuries of Brazilian development.' Herbert S. Klein, Stanford University

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Product details

• Date Published: October 2010
• format: Paperback
• isbn: 9780521124539
• length: 336 pages

• dimensions: 229 x 153 x 19 mm
• weight: 0.46kg
• contains: 4 maps
• availability: Available