SOUSA, MARTIM AFONSO DE

mərtēmˈ əfônˈzō dĭ sōˈzə, 1500?–1564, Portuguese colonial administrator. A military man, he was commissioned in 1530 to drive the French corsairs from the Brazilian coasts and to establish colonies. He succeeded in clearing the coasts, founded the colony of São Vicente, established sugarcane growing, and introduced other crops and cattle. He initiated the successful settlement and colonization of Brazil that was continued by Tomé de Sousa, Mem de Sá, and the Jesuits Manuel de Nóbrega and José de Anchieta.

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Brazilian Culture: An Introduction to the Study of Culture in Brazil
Book by Fernando de Azevedo, William Rex Crawford; Macmillan, 1950
Subjects: Brazil--Civilization, Brazil--Intellectual Life, Education--Brazil
...406 Sousa, Jose Paulino Soares de, 379 , 392 Sousa, Luiz; de Vasconcelos e, 178 Sousa, Manuel de, 245 Sousa, Martim Afonso de, 45 , 69 , 70 , 74 , 89 Sousa, Moreira de, 461 Sousa, Otavio Tarquinio de, 226 Sousa, Pero Lopes de, 195 Sousa...
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Chapters of Brazil's Colonial History, 1500-1800
Book by Capistrano De Abreu, Arthur Brakel; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Brazil--History--To 1822
...133 Sousa, Gaspar de, 59 , 62 -3, 101 , 104 Sousa, Joao de, 40 Sousa, Luis de, 103 Sousa, Manuel de, 61 Sousa, Martim Afonso de, 31 , 167 Sousa, Miguel de, 127 Soma, Pedro Coelho de, 57 Sousa, Tome de, 44 -5, 73 , 116 , 124 Souto...
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Portuguese Literature
Book by Aubrey F. G. Bell; Clarendon Press, 1922
Sousa Manuel Caetano de , 280 . Sousa Martim Afonso de , 225 , 227 . Sousa Philippa de , 150 . Sousa Rui de , 122 . Sousa Costa Alberto de , 328 . Sousa Coutinho Lopo de , 196 , 203 . Sousa Coutinho Manuel de . See Sousa Luis de . Sousa de Macedo...
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From Community to Metropolis: A Biography of São Paulo, Brazil
Book by Richard M. Morse; University of Florida Press, 1958
Subjects: S?O Paulo (Brazil)--History
...117 , 140 Sorocaba, 22 - 23 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 167 , 176 , 225 , 228 , 278 Sousa, Antonio Francisco de Paula, 136 , 157 Sousa, Martim Afonso de, 3 , 4 , 5 , 7 Sousa, Tome de, 4 South America, xiii , 104 , 176 , 250 , 279 Spain, xvii , 2...
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A History of Portugal
Book by H. V. Livermore; Cambridge University Press, 1947
Subjects: Portugal--History
...64 , 65 , 62 , 74 , 81 , 156 Soure, Joa+ o da Costa, Count of, see Costa, Joa+ o da Sousa, Luis de, 223 , 241 Sousa, Martim Afonso de, 248 Sousa, Tome de, 248 , 260 Sousa Coutinho, Francisco de, 297 , 800 Sousa de Macedo, Antonio...
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journal articles on: Sousa Martim Afonso De  - 2 results

 
 
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An Analysis of Accounting History Research in Portugal: 1990-2004
Journal article by Ana Rita Silva de Serra Faria; Accounting History, Vol. 13, 2008
Subjects: Accounting, History, Portugal, Studies
...works that have been awarded the Martim Noel Monteiro Accounting History...Amorim, Goncalves da Silva, Martim Noel Monteiro, Guilherme Rosa, Raul Doria, Jose Sarmento and Afonso Pequito. Other events occurring...ninth edition (2004) of the Martim Noel Monteiro Accounting History...
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The Appointment of Bishops in Early-modern Portugal (1495-1777)
Journal article by José Pedro Paiva; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 97, 2011
Subjects: Colonies & territories, Councils, Nominations, Patronage, Political appointments, Religion
...dynasty (John IY and Afonso VI) regarding the appointment...and his son, Joao Afonso de Meneses, archbishop...suggested as a first option Afonso Castelo Branco, the...the following order: Martim Goncalves da Camara...Antonio de Vasconcelos e Sousa (son of the second count...


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Sousa, Martim Afonso De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOUSA, MARTIM AFONSO DE m rtem fon zo di so z , 1500? 1564, Portuguese colonial administrator...successful settlement and colonization of Brazil that was continued by Tome de Sousa, Mem de Sa , and the Jesuits Manuel de Nobrega and Jose de Anchieta...
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Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and that was at Sao Vicente in Sao Paulo. Development of the Northeast was begun about the same time under Martim Afonso de Sousa as first royal governor. Salvador was founded in 1539, and 12 captaincies were established, stretching inland...


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