The Brazilian people are the result of the miscegenation of several peoples. The indigenous, Portuguese and Africans are the main groups. However, there are several European and Asian immigrants who came to Brazil, especially from the 19th century onwards, who also formed the Brazilian people. Ind
Juan Luis Orrego Penagos (Historian) The adventurous life of Nicolás de Ribera. He came with Francisco Pizarro and was one of the famous thirteen of the Isla del Gallo. In its almost three centuries of Hispanic rule, Lima or the City of Kings had two hundred and eighty-seven mayors, who governed fo
Tiradentes, nickname of Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (1746-1792), was one of the participants of the Inconfidência Mineira, a movement that aimed to proclaim the captaincy of Minhas Gerais as an independent Republic. Sentenced for treason, he received the death penalty by hanging, being hanged in 17
The Colonial Brazil , in the History of Brazil, is the period that comprises the period from 1530 to 1822. This period began when the Portuguese government sent to Brazil the first colonizing expedition led by Martim Afonso de Souza. In 1532, he founded the first settlement, Vila de São Vicente, o