Corografia Brasílica
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Corografia brasílica, ou relação histórico-geográfica do reino do Brasil (Brazilian Chorography, or Historical-Geographical Relation of the Kingdom of Brazil) by Manuel Aires de Casal was the first book published in Brazil. This book contains the first published edition of Pero Vaz de Caminha
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Pêro Vaz de Caminha
Pêro Vaz de Caminha , was a Portuguese knight that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral to India in 1500, as a secretary to the royal factory. Caminha wrote the detailed official report of the April 1500 discovery of Brazil by Cabral's fleet...
's letter
Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha
In his letter to Manuel I of Portugal, Pêro Vaz de Caminha gives what is considered by many today as being one of the most accurate accounts of what Brazil used to look like in 1500...
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