HIS 564: Colonial Beginnings Terms - History of Brazil Midterm
Study Guid
1. Feitoria: 1445. Portugal's trading post off the coast of Africa. Fortified forts, setup for
trade with locals.
Portuguese trade post, usually fortified and built in coastal areas from the 15th century (1445 on) to the about the 16th
century. They were governed by a "Feitor" (factor) to dominate the local trade with the Portuguese kingdom
2. Madeira: 1419. Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and
settled after 1420. The archipelago is con- sidered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the
Portuguese Age of Discovery, which extended from 1415 to 1542.
3. Vasco da Gama: 1497.. a fleet led by navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in Brazil and took possession of the
land in the name of the king, Álvares Cabral was leading a large fleet of 13 ships and more than 1000 men following
Vasco da Gama's way to India, around Africa. The place where Álvares Cabral arrived is now known as Porto Seguro
("safe harbor"), in Northeastern Brazil. Vasco goes around Africa to India, similar to Christopher Columbus. Tried to get
to Asia by going around Africa. July 1497 set sail. Huge monastery built in the spot he prayed before his voyage in a
small church. Makes his way to India and setup of the base in Goa. Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India was
significant and opened the way for an age of global imperialism and for the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting
colonial empire in Asia
4. Goa: 1497. India, where be the place established by Portuguese. Portuguese will
establish in the coast of GOA in the early 16th century. It was a strategic location used as a defensive fort.
5. Pedro Álvares Cabral: 1500. Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navi- gator and explorer regarded as the
discoverer of Brazil. Discovered Brazil in 1500. On March 9 1500, he set out with 13 ships around Africa in search of
India. He was appointed to head an expedition to India in 1500, following Vasco da Gama's newly opened route around
Africa. On the 21st of April, they find land and birds, the signals of Brazil. Cabral stumbles upon Brazil, in attempt to
sail around the cost of Africa. Had to sail wide to catch the currents. It is possible Brazil was already known however.
6. Pero Vaz Caminha: 1500. Sailed with Pedro Alvares Cabral as his scribe, Never makes it back, wrote the diary on
the reading assignment for today. Gets killed in a riot at the end of the year. The diary will setup the relationship, it is
often celebrated as the "birth certificate" of Brazil
7. Tupinambá: 1500. Indigenous tribe in Brazil, spoke Tupi and lived along the coast. One of 2 groups of people. Tupese
(non-Tupi was the other) speaking people. Found along the coast of the Brazil in the North. Most common group
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, HIS 564: Colonial Beginnings Terms - History of Brazil Midterm
Study Guid
8. Tapuya: 1500. What the indigenous call other indigenous tribes that do not speak Tupi, but other languages. Mainly
Ge. 2nd group of people encountered Speak a bunch of other languages. Found along the cost.
Tupi-Guarani - Scholars believe they were many others include Tupi speakers.
9. Brazilwood: dyed wood that can be used to make red dyed textiles, only thing Portugal finds of use, becomes the
main item of trade. Only thing found to make money. Make bright red dye when boiled. Trees scattered throughout
Brazil. Traded with Lisbon by the Portugese. Natives were given steel to harvest the trees. Armed natives now.
10.Donatary Captaincies: 1532. coast is divided into 14 different , to colonize on their own dime in the name of
Portugal. An attempt to defend against the French. Some of the colonies don't like the captain assigned to them. Only a
couple of successful - Sao Vincente and Pernambuco, Both because of sugarcane plantation.. The system failed for a
number of reasons, one of which was the fact that four of the donataries never even went to Brazil to explore their shares
of land, and some of those who went had trouble with attacks from the natives of the lands.
11.Tomé de Sousa: 1549, Governor General who went to Brazil with 1000 men (no women) to establish authority in
the northeast (Salvador de Bahia). This establish- ment was mainly a scare tactic for the French. This man was
accompanied by 1000 men and 6 jesuit missionaries, no women....
12.Salvador da Bahia: 1549. Where Tome De Sousa established the authority. Was replaced as the capital in 1763 by
Rio de Janerio
13.João Ramalho: shipwrecked off the coast of se brazil, intermarried and had lots of children, the peace broker when
Portugal lands in Brazil
14.Aldeias: missionary villages established by jesuits to preach christianity to the indigenous.
15.Mameluco: a hybrid of a Portuguese father and indigenous mother
16.Transubstantiation: change of substance by which the bread and the wine offered in the sacrifice of the sacrament
of the Eucharist during the Mass, become, in reality, the body and blood of Jesus the Christ.
17. Senhor de Engenho: owner of a engenho, sugar mill. Had capital,land and labor needed to run a engenho.
Usually a private party, acquired the land by grants, labor by slaves (first the indigenous, then Africans)
18.Cana: Portuguese for cane (sugar cane)
19.Casa Grande: 1540 is where most sugar production begins, by 1600's it is developed almost entirely of African
labor and plantation colonies are introduced. the house of the senhor de engenho (plantation master). The haves. Master
quarters.
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Study Guid
1. Feitoria: 1445. Portugal's trading post off the coast of Africa. Fortified forts, setup for
trade with locals.
Portuguese trade post, usually fortified and built in coastal areas from the 15th century (1445 on) to the about the 16th
century. They were governed by a "Feitor" (factor) to dominate the local trade with the Portuguese kingdom
2. Madeira: 1419. Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and
settled after 1420. The archipelago is con- sidered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the
Portuguese Age of Discovery, which extended from 1415 to 1542.
3. Vasco da Gama: 1497.. a fleet led by navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in Brazil and took possession of the
land in the name of the king, Álvares Cabral was leading a large fleet of 13 ships and more than 1000 men following
Vasco da Gama's way to India, around Africa. The place where Álvares Cabral arrived is now known as Porto Seguro
("safe harbor"), in Northeastern Brazil. Vasco goes around Africa to India, similar to Christopher Columbus. Tried to get
to Asia by going around Africa. July 1497 set sail. Huge monastery built in the spot he prayed before his voyage in a
small church. Makes his way to India and setup of the base in Goa. Da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India was
significant and opened the way for an age of global imperialism and for the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting
colonial empire in Asia
4. Goa: 1497. India, where be the place established by Portuguese. Portuguese will
establish in the coast of GOA in the early 16th century. It was a strategic location used as a defensive fort.
5. Pedro Álvares Cabral: 1500. Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navi- gator and explorer regarded as the
discoverer of Brazil. Discovered Brazil in 1500. On March 9 1500, he set out with 13 ships around Africa in search of
India. He was appointed to head an expedition to India in 1500, following Vasco da Gama's newly opened route around
Africa. On the 21st of April, they find land and birds, the signals of Brazil. Cabral stumbles upon Brazil, in attempt to
sail around the cost of Africa. Had to sail wide to catch the currents. It is possible Brazil was already known however.
6. Pero Vaz Caminha: 1500. Sailed with Pedro Alvares Cabral as his scribe, Never makes it back, wrote the diary on
the reading assignment for today. Gets killed in a riot at the end of the year. The diary will setup the relationship, it is
often celebrated as the "birth certificate" of Brazil
7. Tupinambá: 1500. Indigenous tribe in Brazil, spoke Tupi and lived along the coast. One of 2 groups of people. Tupese
(non-Tupi was the other) speaking people. Found along the coast of the Brazil in the North. Most common group
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, HIS 564: Colonial Beginnings Terms - History of Brazil Midterm
Study Guid
8. Tapuya: 1500. What the indigenous call other indigenous tribes that do not speak Tupi, but other languages. Mainly
Ge. 2nd group of people encountered Speak a bunch of other languages. Found along the cost.
Tupi-Guarani - Scholars believe they were many others include Tupi speakers.
9. Brazilwood: dyed wood that can be used to make red dyed textiles, only thing Portugal finds of use, becomes the
main item of trade. Only thing found to make money. Make bright red dye when boiled. Trees scattered throughout
Brazil. Traded with Lisbon by the Portugese. Natives were given steel to harvest the trees. Armed natives now.
10.Donatary Captaincies: 1532. coast is divided into 14 different , to colonize on their own dime in the name of
Portugal. An attempt to defend against the French. Some of the colonies don't like the captain assigned to them. Only a
couple of successful - Sao Vincente and Pernambuco, Both because of sugarcane plantation.. The system failed for a
number of reasons, one of which was the fact that four of the donataries never even went to Brazil to explore their shares
of land, and some of those who went had trouble with attacks from the natives of the lands.
11.Tomé de Sousa: 1549, Governor General who went to Brazil with 1000 men (no women) to establish authority in
the northeast (Salvador de Bahia). This establish- ment was mainly a scare tactic for the French. This man was
accompanied by 1000 men and 6 jesuit missionaries, no women....
12.Salvador da Bahia: 1549. Where Tome De Sousa established the authority. Was replaced as the capital in 1763 by
Rio de Janerio
13.João Ramalho: shipwrecked off the coast of se brazil, intermarried and had lots of children, the peace broker when
Portugal lands in Brazil
14.Aldeias: missionary villages established by jesuits to preach christianity to the indigenous.
15.Mameluco: a hybrid of a Portuguese father and indigenous mother
16.Transubstantiation: change of substance by which the bread and the wine offered in the sacrifice of the sacrament
of the Eucharist during the Mass, become, in reality, the body and blood of Jesus the Christ.
17. Senhor de Engenho: owner of a engenho, sugar mill. Had capital,land and labor needed to run a engenho.
Usually a private party, acquired the land by grants, labor by slaves (first the indigenous, then Africans)
18.Cana: Portuguese for cane (sugar cane)
19.Casa Grande: 1540 is where most sugar production begins, by 1600's it is developed almost entirely of African
labor and plantation colonies are introduced. the house of the senhor de engenho (plantation master). The haves. Master
quarters.
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