The Exploration and Settlement in 16th C. Coastal Brazil

• Early Explorations of Coastal Brazil
• Martim Afonso de Sousa and his Expedition to Brazil
• Captaincies ("Capitanias") in 16th C. Brazil
• "Governo Geral" and the Defense of Brazil against Foreigners in 16th C.

• Administrative and Political Structures in Colonial Brazil
• Administrative and Political Structures in Portuguese Expansion
• Foreigners in Colonial Brazil
• The Church and the Missions in Colonial Brazil
• Economic Structures of the Harvesting and Trade of Brazil- Wood
• The Development of North-Eastern Brazil and the Sugar Economy
• The Development of São Paulo and South-Eastern Brazil
• Native Cultures - The Indians of Colonial Brazil
• Piracy and Privateering in European Expansion

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