Christians. D. Luís da Cunha was born on 23 January 1662, in Lisbon, to D. António Álvares da Cunha, Lord of Tábua, head of the House of Cunha and a member of...

Euclides da Cunha (Portuguese: [ewˈklidʒiʒ dɐ ˈkũɲɐ], January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most...

First Viceroy of Brazil and travelogue, Relação da viagem, que fêz o Conde de Azambuja, D. António Rolim, da cidade de S. Paulo para a vila de Cuiabá em 1751...

1500, the year of discovery of Brazil by a naval fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral. In the early sixteenth century, Brazil was not a major settled...

later, São Paulo regained its autonomy under the administration of Luís António de Sousa Botelho Mourão, the third Morgado de Mateus, who created several...

Vasco da Gama (/ˌvæsku də ˈɡɑːmə, -ɡæmə/ VAS-koo də GA(H)M-ə; European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer...

historically as Gonçalo Álvares, is a rugged volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha and part of the British...

António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo (Lisbon, 5 February 1778 – 1839) was a Portuguese politician, navy officer, diplomat and colonial administrator...

rich". In 1507, he was joined by João Gomes, a priest sent by Tristão da Cunha, who had reached Ethiopia by way of Socotra. When the Portuguese embassy...

29 December 1763, by the governor-general of Brazil António Álvares da Cunha, 1st Count da Cunha, with the purpose of repairing ships of the Portuguese...

Gonçalo Álvares" (in Portuguese). Guia Geográfico Tristão da Cunha. Retrieved 9 December 2020. Alvaro Velho (1999). Roteiro da primeira viagem de Vasco da Gama...

Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers,...

D. António Luís de Sousa, 2nd Marquis of Minas and 4th Count of Prado (6 April 1644 – 25 December 1721) was a Portuguese general and colonial administrator...

nobleman and statesman. Dom Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval, was the third son of Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval...

in July 1669. The famous philosopher, writer and Jesuit speaker Father António Vieira wrote about André Vidal de Negreiros in one of his letters to the...

Pedro Peregrino de Carvalho e Ataíde • António de Almeida Soares Portugal • António Álvares da Cunha • António Rolim de Moura Tavares • Luís de Almeida...

António de Alcáçova Carneiro, Lord of the Majorat of Alcáçovas, High Alcaide of Campo Maior, Governor of Castelo de Ouguela D. António Álvares da Cunha...

Carvalho obtained with the viceroy D. Antônio Álvares da Cunha a sesmaria to found a farm of cattle and supplies (Fazenda da Posse) between the Paraíba River...

surprised even some government officials. The Minister of the Kingdom, Tomás António de Vila Nova Portugal, disapproved of the procedure and ordered the Count...

Francisco Xavier da Cunha Aragão (15 March 1891–26 February 1973) was a Cavalry officer of the Portuguese Army who reached the rank of lieutenant colonel...

was divided into two sections, with Aires da Cunha and João de Barros holding the first and Fernando Álvares de Andrade the second. European colonization...

According to João de Barros, António de Saldanha returned to the Indian Ocean in 1506, with the 8th Armada under Tristão da Cunha, albeit not as a captain...

Cunha is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population...

Antônio Luís Pereira da Cunha, first and only viscount of Inhambupe de Cima and marquis of Inhambupe (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 6 April 1760 — Rio de Janeiro...

of present-day Brazil is often credited to Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral, who sighted the land later named Island of Vera Cruz, near Monte...

Captain João da Nova, who had encountered difficulties on his return from India; da Nova and his ship, the Flor de la mar, joined da Cunha's fleet. From...

Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000...

Marchetti Vik Muniz Antonio Carlos Pannunzio Ricardo Hirschbruch Lais Bodanzky Laerte Coutinho Bruna Lombardi José Leonilson Alexandre da Cunha Official website...

reaffirm the King's rule over the colonies. Sousa's relationship with Manuel da Nóbrega and the Jesuit missionaries allowed him to keep watch on other territories...

Barbosa de Araújo (1778–1856) Elias Álvares Lobo (1834–1901) Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896) Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (1846–1913) Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)...