João Capistrano Honório de Abreu (1853 in
Maranguape
Maranguape is a municipality in Ceará with a population of 130,346 (2020). The community was founded in 1851. It is part of the Fortaleza metropolitan area.
Notable natives
* Capistrano de Abreu - Brazilian historian.
* Chico Anysio - Brazilia ...
– 1927 in
Rio de Janeiro
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) was a
Brazilian historian. His works are characterized by a rigorous investigation of the sources and a critical view of the historical process.
João Capistrano de Abreu was born in
Maranguape
Maranguape is a municipality in Ceará with a population of 130,346 (2020). The community was founded in 1851. It is part of the Fortaleza metropolitan area.
Notable natives
* Capistrano de Abreu - Brazilian historian.
* Chico Anysio - Brazilia ...
,
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...
. He dedicated himself to the study of colonial Brazil. His book "Capítulos de História Colonial" ("Chapters of Colonial History") is a major reference for all who study Brazilian history.
Works
*''Estudo sobre Raimundo da Rocha Lima'' (1878);
*''José de Alencar'' (1878);
*''A língua dos Bacaeris'' (1897);
*''Capítulos de História Colonial'' (1907);
*''Dois documentos sobre Caxinauás'' (1911–1912);
*''Os Caminhos Antigos e o Povoamento do Brasil'' (1930);
*''O Descobrimento do Brasil'' (1883);
*''Ensaios e Estudos'' (1931–33, postmortem edition);
*''Correspondência'' (1954, postmortem edition).
References
*
Iglésias, Francisco. ''Historiadores do Brasil: capítulos de historiografia brasileira.'' Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira; Belo Horizonte: UFMG, 2000. .
External links
Capistrano de Abreu's biographyat
University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...
Chapters of Colonial History, in PortugueseThe discovery and settling of Brazil
1839 births
1908 deaths
Brazilian non-fiction writers
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