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e. Before the arrival of the Europeans, the lands that now constitute Brazil were occupied, fought over and settled by diverse tribes. Thus, the history of Brazil begins with the indigenous people in Brazil. The Portuguese arrived to the land that would become Brazil on April 22, 1500, commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral, an explorer on his way ...
Brazil, [ b ] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, [ c ] is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America. It is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo.
Name of Brazil. The name Brazil is a shortened form of Terra do Brasil ("Land of Brazil"), a reference to the brazilwood tree. The name was given in the early 16th century to the territories leased to the merchant consortium led by Fernão de Loronha, to exploit brazilwood for the production of wood dyes for the European textile industry.
1532. 22 January. São Vicente is established as the first permanent Portuguese settlement in Brazil. [19] 1534. The Captaincies of Brazil are established by King Dom João III. Colonial Brazil is divided into fifteen captaincies [20][21][22][23] 1534–1536. Iguape War in the region of São Vicente.
The Empire of Brazil. The Neutral Municipality is Rio de Janeiro, the imperial capital within the province of the same name. The territory which would come to be known as Brazil was claimed by Portugal on 22 April 1500, when the navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on its coast. [2]
Brazil is the world leader in production of green coffee (café). [38] In 2018, [39] 28% of the coffee consumed globally came from Brazil. Because of Brazil's fertile soil, the country has been a major producer of coffee since the times of Brazilian slavery, [40] which created a strong national coffee culture.
The pre-Cabraline history of Brazil is the stage in Brazil's history before the arrival of Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500, [ 1 ] at a time when the region that is now Brazilian territory was occupied by thousands of indigenous peoples. Traditional prehistory is generally divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and ...
Colonial Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil Colonial) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom in union with Portugal. During the 300 years of Brazilian colonial history, the main economic activities of the territory were based first on brazilwood extraction (brazilwood cycle ...