Manuel de Borba Gato was a pioneer from São Paulo, discoverer of gold and held the position of ordinary judge in Sabará. He participated in the Emboabas War and was the son-in-law of the pioneer Fernão Dias Pais. Borba Gatos Biography Manuel de Borba Gato was born in São Paulo in 1649. His paren
The 1960s was characterized by the strengthening of left-wing movements in Western countries, both politically and ideologically. At that time, there was an unfolding of alternative cultural and ideological projects launched during the 1950s. This is the case of the explosion of consumption caused
TIAHUANACO, MAIN ANCESTOR OF THE WARI EMPIRE The Spanish chronicler Pedro Cieza de León says in his Chronicle of Peru, chapter V:Tiahuanaco is not a very large town, but it is mentioned for its large buildings, which are certainly remarkable things and to see, (...) idols of stone of the size and hu
The Hereditary Captaincies were an administrative system implemented by the Portuguese Crown in Brazil in 1534. The territory of Brazil, belonging to Portugal, was divided into strips of land and granted to the trusted nobles of King João III (1502-1557). These could be passed from father to son an