Early Brazil: A Documentary Collection to 1700

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ISBN: 9780521198332 | 052119833X
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Copyright: 8/30/2010

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Presents original sources that illustrate the process of conquest, colonization, and settlement in Brazil.

Preface	p. ix
A Note on Translation	p. xix
A Note on Portuguese Currency, Weights, and Measures	p. xxi
The ôDiscoveryö and First Encounters with Brazil	p. 1
The Letter	p. 1
An Early Report of Brazil	p. 9
The Donatarial System	p. 13
A Royal Charter for the Captaincy of Pernambuco, Issued to Duarte Coelho on 24 September 1534	p. 14
Three Letters from Duarte Coelho	p. 18
A Letter from Felipe Guillén to Queen Catarina, Giving News	p. 33
Royal Government	p. 37
Instructions Issued to the First Governor-General of Brazil, Tomé de Sousa, on 17 December 1548	p. 37
The Capital: The City of Salvador and the Captaincy of Bahia. The Treatise	p. 52
A Letter from the Governor-General of Brazil, Tomé de Sousa, to King John III, with Information about the Towns and Settlements That He Had Visited on the Coast of Brazil	p. 82
The Governorship	p. 88
Letter from the Governor-General, Mem de Sá, to the Regent, Queen Catarina, Concerning the State of Affairs in Brazil, with Particular Reference	p. 89
A Letter from the Governor-General, Mem de Sá, to the Regent, Queen Catarina, Concerning the State of Affairs in Brazil	p. 90
Depositions on the Rule of Mem de Sá as Governor-General of Brazil, Written in Salvador, September to December 1570	p. 93
The French Interlude	p. 101
Letter from Francisco Portocarrero to King John III Concerning the Abuses Committed by the French in Bahia, the Maladministration of the Governor-General, Dom Duarte da Costa, and the Presence of Pirates	p. 101
Excerpts from History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil	p. 103
Corsairs: French Interlopers at Bahia (1614)	p. 113
Indians, Jesuits, and Colonists	p. 117
The Tupinambás	p. 117
Jesuits and Go-Betweens	p. 140
Letter from Father Manoel da Nóbrega to Father Luís Gonçalves da Câmara (31 August 1553)	p. 140
A Jesuit Report: A Letter from Manuel da Nóbrega S.J., in São Vicente, to the Inquisitor-General, Simão Rodrigues S.J., in Lisbon (10? March 1553)	p. 142
The Jesuit Establishment	p. 147
A Colonist's Critique of the Jesuits: Gabriel Soares de Sousa, ôOs capitulosö (1592)	p. 160
The Will and Testament of a Bandeirante	p. 192
The World of the Engenhos	p. 198
Excerpt from a Letter from the Administrator of Engenho	p. 198
Cane Farmer Contracts	p. 202
Opportunity for Success: Ambrósio Fernandes Brandão, Great Things of Brazil	p. 204
Instructions on How to Manage a Sugar Mill and Estate	p. 224
The Commerce of Brazil	p. 229
The Crisis of Brazilian Sugar	p. 230
Government and Society in Dutch Brazil	p. 234
A Brief Report on the State That Is Composed of the Four Conquered Captaincies, Pernambuco, Itamaracá, Paraíba, and Rio Grande, Situated in the North of Brazil	p. 234
Burdens of Slavery and Race	p. 264
The War against Palmares: Letter from the Governor of Pernambuco, Ferão de Sousa Coutinho (1 June 1671) on the Increasing Number of Insurgent Slaves Present in Palmares	p. 264
Combating Palmares (c. 1680)	p. 265
Excerpts from the Will and Testament of Paulo de Almeida, a Former Slave (1752)	p. 267
Public and Private Power	p. 271
Arguments of the Inhabitants of Bahia against the Suppression of the High Court (1626)	p. 271
Religion and Society	p. 279
Jesuit Missions: Information for the Lisbon Committee on the Missions, 1702, on General and Economic Matters	p. 279
The Inquisition in Brazil: Two Cases	p. 285
Frontiers	p. 289
The State of Maranhão: A Letter from Father António Vieira S.J. (1653)	p. 290
The Ranching Frontier	p. 296
The Discovery of Gold	p. 298
Index	p. 305
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