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A short Discovery of the Coasts and Continent of America, from the Equinoctial Northward, and of the adjacent Isles

Writer William Castle (XVI-1645)

Classification Literatura informativa e de viagens

Years

Year of publication: 1644

Publications in which the work appears

GONZALES, Dom Manoel et al. A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, CONSISTING OF AUTHENTIC WRITERS IN OUR OWN TONGUE, WHICH HAVE NOT BEFORE BEEN COLLECTED IN ENGLISH, OR HAVE ONLY BEEN ABRIDGED IN OTHER COLLECTIONS. AND CONTINUED WITH OTHERS OF NOTE, THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED HISTORIES, VOYAGES, TRAVELS, JOURNALS OR DISCOVERIES IN OTHER NATIONS AND LANGUAGES. RELATING TO ANY PART OF THE CONTINENT OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA, EUROPE, OR THE ISLANDS THEREOF, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT TO THE PRESENT TIME. DIGESTED ACCORDING TO THE PARTS OF THE WORLD, TO WHICH THEY PARTICULARLY RELATE: WITH HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS OF EACH ACCOUNT, OR WHAT ELSE COULD BE DISCOVERED AND WAS SUPPOSED CAPABLE OF ENTERTAINING AND INFORMING THE CURIOUS READER. AND WITH GREAT VARIETY OF CUTS, PROSPECTS, RUINS, MAPS AND CHARTS. COMPILED FROM THE CURIOUS AND VALUABLE LIBRARY OF THE LATE EARL OF OXFORD. INTERSPERSED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES. Org. OSBORNE, Thomas. Trad. OSBORNE, Thomas et al. Londres, Inglaterra: Thomas Osborne, 1745.

Publisher

[s.n.] (Londres, Inglaterra)

Other data

Language

Inglês

Publication medium

Impresso

Source

INTERNET ARCHIVE. Biblioteca Digital, sem fins lucrativos, de livros, filmes, música, softwares etc.

Reference CASTLE, William. A SHORT DISCOVERY OF THE COASTS AND CONTINENT OF AMERICA, FROM THE EQUINOCTIAL NORTHWARD, AND OF THE ADJACENT ISLES. Londres, Inglaterra: [s.n.], 1644.

Document Files

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Historical facts associated with the work

Start year	End year	Historical event
1415	1580	Expansão marítima portuguesa
1500	1822	Período Colonial no Brasil
1572	1572	Cultura: publicação de Os Lusíadas
1580	1580	Brasil Colônia: anexação de Portugal à Coroa Espanhola
1592	1610	Brasil Colônia: período do domínio francês no Maranhão
1616	1616	Ciência e religião: a Igreja Católica condena o livro de Copérnico que contém suas teorias astronômicas
1624	1624	Brasil Colônia: primeira invasão holandesa
1630	1654	Brasil Colônia: período da segunda invasão holandesa em Pernambuco
1637	1644	Brasil Colônia: permanência no Brasil do Príncipe Maurício de Nassau
1640	1640	Portugal readquire sua autonomia com a Casa de Bragança
1640	1640	Fundação da Dinastia de Bragança

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