Euclides da Cunha (Portuguese: [ewˈklidʒiʒ dɐ ˈkũɲɐ], January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most...
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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...
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Nuno da Cunha (c. 1487 – 5 March 1539) was a Portuguese admiral who was governor of Portuguese possessions in India from 1529 to 1538. He was the governor...
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Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers,...
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the kings Manuel I and John III, whom da Gama had served. However, by 1884, Teixeira de Aragão, one of the advocates for the transfer of da Gama's remains...
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João António de Araújo Vale e Azevedo (born 17 May 1957) is a Portuguese former lawyer who was the 31st president of sports club S.L. Benfica. In relation...
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Afonso de Albuquerque. He was a successor to the governor-general Nuno da Cunha, nominated by a royal decree of 18 March 1538 as viceroy of Estado da Índia...
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strengthened by the arrival of Tristão da Cunha's squadron. Afonso de Albuquerque's squadron had, however, split from that of Cunha off east Africa and was independently...
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Governor-General of Portuguese India. He was the only son of Manuel Caetano da Silva (1870–1926) and his wife Maria da Encarnação Vassalo (1869–1922), and was the brother...
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Brazilian literature (section Euclides da Cunha)
because of Machado de Assis and Euclides da Cunha. Usually appointed as the greatest Brazilian writer of all times, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908)...
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