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    Caminha (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈmiɲɐ] ) is a municipality in the north-west of Portugal, 21 km north from Viana do Castelo, located in the Viana...
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    or Pero Vaz de Caminha (c. 1450 – 15 December 1500; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeɾu ˈvaʒ ðɨ kɐˈmiɲɐ]; also spelled Pedro Vaz de Caminha) was a Portuguese...
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    In his letter to Manuel I of Portugal, Pero Vaz de Caminha gives what is considered by many today as being one of the most accurate accounts of what Brazil...
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    Adolfo Ferreira Caminha (May 29, 1867 – January 1, 1897) was a Brazilian Naturalist novelist, famous for his polemical novel Bom-Crioulo, which deals...
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  • Álvaro Caminha was appointed by King John II of Portugal in 1492 Captain-major (governor) – the third – of the Portuguese colony of São Tomé and Príncipe...
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  • Maria Paula Caminha Pereira (born 30 September 2008) is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She's a multiple Pan American champion as a member of the national...
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    The Castle of Caminha (Portuguese: Castelo de Caminha) is a medieval castle located in the village and county Caminha, in the Portuguese district of Viana...
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    Duke of Caminha (Portuguese: Duque de Caminha) was a title created by royal decree, dated 14 December 1620, by King Philip III of Portugal (also known...
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    beach by Rua da Junqueira, heading to Esposende, Viana do Castelo and Caminha before reaching the Spanish border. From Póvoa, a new route to the central...
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    writings of the first Portuguese explorers in Brazil, such as Pero Vaz de Caminha, filled with descriptions of fauna, flora and commentary about the indigenous...
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    Igreja Matriz de Caminha is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. 41°52′41″N 8°50′20″W / 41.87806°N 8.83889°W / 41.87806;...
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  • Alcides Aguiar Caminha (September 26, 1921 - July 5, 1992), a Brazilian comic artist who drew pornographic minicomics. Alcides Aguiar Caminha was born in...
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    de Paredes de Coura in Paredes de Coura, Festival Vilar de Mouros near Caminha, Boom Festival in Idanha-a-Nova Municipality, NOS Alive, Sumol Summer Fest...
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    únicos testemunhos do descobrimento do Brasil. In: CAMINHA, Pero Vaz de. Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Aguilar, 1999. pp. 31–59. Cavalcante...
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    the beginning of the colonisation. In the famous letter by Pero Vaz de Caminha, for example, in which Brazil was first described by the Portuguese, the...
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    district is composed of ten municipalities: Arcos de Valdevez Municipality Caminha Municipality Melgaço Municipality Monção Municipality Paredes de Coura...
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    members of the expedition, mostly sailors. Cabral and Caminha were also present. Pêro Vaz de Caminha made this interesting account: On Easter Sunday morning...
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  • Brazil, namely referred to in the letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha of 1500. It is recorded in Caminha's letter that, while returning from a voyage to the Indies...
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  • 18:00 Pavilhão Municipal de Caminha, Caminha 1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 20:15 Pavilhão Municipal de Caminha, Caminha 2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 18:00...
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    the free exercise of their religion would be assured to them. Álvaro Caminha, in Cape Verde islands, who received the land as a grant from the crown...
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  • A normalista is a novel written by the Brazilian writer Adolfo Caminha. It was first published in 1891. (in Portuguese) A Normalista, the book Portuguese...
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    Nelson Bornier 71 Politician Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Pedro Ivo Ferreira Caminhas 68 Politician Brazil (Betim) Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela 88 Bishop United...
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    the Cuban Revolution, by the writer, and professor from Ceará, Edmilson Caminha. 2002: Cuba por Korda (with Christophe Lovigny). - Cosac Naify-Brasil,...
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  • Boy (Portuguese: Bom-Crioulo) is a novel by the Brazilian writer Adolfo Caminha, first published in 1895. An English translation by E.A. Lacey was published...
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  • (Caminha) Praia da Insua (Viana do Castelo) Praia da Ladeira (Caminha) Praia da Lenta (Caminha) Praia da Luzimar (Caminha) Praia da Olinda (Caminha) Praia...
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    Pedro Álvares Cabral's voyage European discovery Letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha Captaincies Brazilwood cycle [pt] Sugar cycle Slavery Slave trade State...
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    Ernst Georg (2010). Bartolomeu Dias. William Brooks Greenlee, Pero Vaz de Caminha. England: Viartis. ISBN 978-1-906421-03-8. OCLC 501399584. Ravenstein,...
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    Cabral claims the land for the Kingdom of Portugal. May 1 – Pêro Vaz de Caminha finishes writing his chronicle of the Portuguese discovery of Brazil while...
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    journal (1493) The Relation of Fray Ramón (1498) Letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha (1500) Letter of Magellan's circumnavigation (1524) De Orbe Novo A Short...
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    continents. Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415–1481), nautical explorer Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450–1500), wrote the letter Carta do Achamento do Brasil, announcing...
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