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Pursuing Empire: Brazilians, the Dutch and the Portuguese in Brazil and the South Atlantic, c.1620-1660
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Pages: 225
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-10-24 - Publisher: BRILL

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This book explores the perspective of individuals, families and groups of interest in their daily strive to survive an European pursuit of empire.
Pursuing Empire: Brazilians, the Dutch and the Portuguese in Brazil and the South Atlantic, C.1620-1660
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Authors: Cátia Antunes
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-11-03 - Publisher: European Expansion and Indigen

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Peoples living on the shores of the South Atlantic during the first sixty years of the seventeenth century were confronted with challenges imposed by colonial o
Gendering the Portuguese-speaking World
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Francisco Bethencourt
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: European Expansion and Indigen

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"In this book, 14 scholars from Belgium, Canada, Mozambique, Portugal, the US, and the UK examine the long-term cultural and social environment of sex definitio
Mirror of the World
Language: en
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Authors: Julian Bell
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-25 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

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“Exuberant, astute, and splendidly illustrated history of world art . . . draws fascinating parallels between artistic developments in Western and non-Western
The Legacy of Dutch Brazil
Language: en
Pages: 375
Authors: Michiel van Groesen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book argues that Dutch Brazil (1624–54) is an integral part of Atlantic history and that it made an impact well beyond colonial and national narratives i