Péricles Azambuja (August 13, 1927 – November 8, 2012) was a Brazilian historian, writer and journalist. He was a specialist in and published many books related to the history of southern Brazil and southern South America and Antarctica, including ''História das Terras e Mares do Chuí'' (1978),
a history of
Chuí
Chuí () is a municipality located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It's the southernmost municipality of Brazil, located in the coordinates 33°41′0″S . A border town, it shares its name with sister city Chuy, Uruguay. The two town ...
. He documented much about Gaucho history in Brazil and has also written books on Antarctica and the southern islands such as ''"Antártida: Derecho que Tiene Brasil,'' (1981),
''Antártida História e Geopolítica'' (1982)
and ''Falkland ou Malvinas: o arquipélago contestado'' (1988).
He is cited as amongst the most important geopolitical writers about Antarctica.
In 2001 he published ''Prefeitura de S. Vitória do Palmar, sua terra, Tahim, a última divisa'', a study of the socioeconomic conditions of southern Brazil.
Azambuja has been a member of the Association Press Riograndense, Circle of Literary Research of the
Brazilian Academy of History, the
Brazilian Association of Culture and the
Brazilian Institute of Antarctic Studies as a member of the Supreme Council.
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20th-century Brazilian historians
Brazilian journalists
Male journalists
Brazilian male writers
1927 births
2012 deaths
21st-century Brazilian historians
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