CHAPTER I

HISTORY OF BRAZIL 10 Discovery—Henry the Navigator—Search for Cathay—Captain Cabral—Duarte Coelho—The Capitanias—Ramalho and Caramarú—São Paulo, Bahia and Pernambuco—The Jesuits—Mamelucos—First Entradas—The Sertão—The Bandeirantes—Raposo—Fernão Dias—Gold and Diamonds—Destruction of the Missions—Brazil under Spain— Corsairs—The Dutch in North Brazil—Portugal regains Independence—Evacuation by Dutch—The French in Rio—Interior Mines and Settlement—The Marquis de Pombal—Expulsion of Jesuits—Dom João in Brazil—Dom Pedro I—Independent Monarchy— Dom Pedro II—Abolition of Slavery—Republic.