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Capitães do Brasil: A saga dos primeiros colonizadores (Coleção Brasilis Livro 3) (Portuguese Edition) Kindle Edition

Portuguese Edition by Eduardo Bueno (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A SAGA DOS PRIMEIROS COLONIZADORES.

Lançada originalmente no final dos anos 1990, Capitães do Brasil é o terceiro volume da coleção Brasilis, que já vendeu mais de 1 milhão de exemplares, inaugurando um estilo leve, crítico e divertido de contar a história de nosso país.

"Eduardo Bueno descobriu o Brasil e não foi comido pelos índios." — FERNANDO GABEIRA, escritor 

Quem foram os primeiros colonizadores do Brasil? Por que foram designados para assumir as grandes propriedades de terras e que missão esses donatários iriam desempenhar na nova colônia?   

Os doze escolhidos, nomeados capitães do Brasil, eram conquistadores que lutaram na África ou na Índia, militares, funcionários graduados – todos ligados à Coroa portuguesa do século XVI. Esses homens deixaram tudo para trás a fim de se tornarem os representantes da metrópole no extenso e longínquo território além-mar.   

Suas histórias foram marcadas por incríveis aventuras – mas também por grandes tragédias. Alguns desses capitães venderam todos os seus bens para se mudar para as capitanias e acabaram perdendo tudo ao chegar aqui. Um morreu no mar. Outro foi acusado de heresia e preso por seus próprios colonos. Houve até um que foi devorado por um Tupinambá.   

Este livro narra a surpreendente saga dos capitães do Brasil no período de 1530 a 1550, revelando os jogos de poder, a ambição e o projeto da Coroa portuguesa para a colônia do outro lado do Atlântico, praticamente abandonada desde a expedição de Cabral.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01GETRPLM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Estação Brasil (June 8, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 8, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Portuguese
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 10241 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 345 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 559 ratings

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Eduardo Bueno

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Eduardo Bueno é o escritor cuja obra literária livrou a história das salas de aula e livros didáticos. Seus mais de 30 livros sobre a história do Brasil (dos quais apenas 14 foram publicados em circulação comercial) venderam mais de um milhão de exemplares, ocupando o topo da lista de best-sellers no país. Com o sucesso da coleção Brasilis, Eduardo Bueno foi homenageado com um prêmio Jabuti, agraciado pela Ordem ao Mérito Cultural, entre outros prêmios. "Peninha" começou a carreira como jornalista, tradutor e editor. Participou de diversos programas de televisão, dentre eles o quadro "É Muita História", no Fantástico, ao lado de Pedro Bial. Atualmente, comanda o canal Buenas Ideias, no Youtube, que já conta com mais de 900 mil inscritos e centenas de vídeos publicados.

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Edmund Dantes
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book and all of Buenos' Terra Brasilis series
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2017
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I really enjoyed this book and all of Buenos' Terra Brasilis series. When I learn a new language I always try to find some easy-to-read history of the country. For Brazil and Brazilian Portuguese, this book is it. The prose isn't difficult and it's a great way to improve one's Portuguese reading skills with a vivid introduction to Brazilian history. This is not academic history. Bueno isn't an historian; he's a journalist. I found the writing engaging and interesting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars History
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Bill Greenhalf
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth making the effort to read in Portuguese
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2017
It may seem strange to be reading an English review of a book written in Portuguese. Anyone reading this that does not already have a basic fluency in Portuguese will not get a lot from trying to read ‘Capitaes do Brasil’. That said my grasp of the language is very far from perfect (hence the use of English in this commentary), but I could cope with only the occasional search for online assistance. For example, I had never before come across the word ‘zarpar’, to set sail not being something that impinges much on my day-to-day existence, but was a pretty common activity in 16th century Portugal.

So why should an English speaker with school level Portuguese buy this book. One obvious answer is of course that it is a good way to broaden your vocabulary. It is also true that the writing style of Eduardo Bueno is elegant (which is an education in itself) and witty to a level that even an ‘estrangeiro’ can appreciate. However, having finished this little gem I would now say that the real reason you should bite the bullet and commit to a step outside of your comfort zone (it was certainly outside of my comfort zone) is that this story simply cannot be found in readable English – and it is one hell of a story.

In an English dominated information age with globalisation considered to be endemic, the statement that something is unavailable in English may appear to be a bit radical. If that is your belief google Afonso Martim, Pedro Lopes, Duarte Coelho, Francisco Pereira (Rusticao) or Cosme Fernandes (the bachelor of Cananeia). In English you will find machine translated pages from Portuguese language sites or sparse tit bits, in slightly less detail than the reports you will encounter on amateur croquet players who have done quite well in the third division of their local league. Yet these are giants of history, whose lives not only made a huge impact on our world but were (in my opinion) spectacularly interesting. Even Cabeza de Vaca (who gets a bigger press because he once passed through what would eventually become the USA) is hardly known in the English speaking world despite having all the characteristics of a story book hero (tough, adventurous and with a heart of gold, for which he was sorely punished).

Unfortunately, the world remains far more parochial than we generally imagine, and while this remains the case those of us who want to know more than the ephemera of Brazilian history will have to read Eduardo Bueno in Portuguese.
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Dalton C. Rocha
5.0 out of 5 stars Cheap, short and correct
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2008
I read this excellent book, here in Brazil.This book shows that early colonial times in Brazil, were mainly a failure.Criminals were the real founders of Brazil; they got money, sex,slaves, land and power.At the same time, honest people went to be poor or murdered.Even so, Brazil was being made, exactly at these times.
This book is concise, cheap and 100% correct.As an introduction, about this subject, I don't know a better option to read.
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Philip Z. Andrews
3.0 out of 5 stars Too fast
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2005
Mr. Bueno does too good of a job of abbreviating his narrative. Names of locations and individuals seem tossed about. He seems more intent on giving the outline of events rather than substantiate them. At times he pulls a completely unrelated subject to conclude a line of explanation. He probably though the information was interesting and decided to add it as an afterthought. Admitedly the subject matter is rather involved and he does open up, at least for me, discoveries about the earliest colonial period in Brasil and the rest of South America. His writing style lives up to his craft as a trained journalist. His portrayal of characters is flat and without much depth - but makes for lighter reading than many pedantic historians' tales. Overall, the book feels like a long article on history rather than a historical account.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Boa leitura
Reviewed in Brazil on February 1, 2024
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Recomendo para adolescentes
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5.0 out of 5 stars livro facil de ler e bem didatico
Reviewed in Brazil on December 4, 2023
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estudo historico e com escrita jornalistica bem facil de ler
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Cesar Coelho Cunha
5.0 out of 5 stars Imperdível.
Reviewed in Brazil on February 2, 2024
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Difícil ocupação do Brasil! Naus rudes, sem parafernalhas tecnológicas de navegação trouxeram aqueles tantos que foram o prefácio da história, dos comprometidos àqueles que visavam dar continuidade às ações que o fizeram como degredados. Muita coisa se percebe, permitindo ver a estrutura do DNA do nossa história.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sensacional. Não dá para parar de ler.
Reviewed in Brazil on June 20, 2022
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Vamos começar com o cheiro do livro. Incriiiiiiiivel. E esse livro é fantástico, conta a história do Brasil de um jeito tão envolvente, rico, vivo... Estou apaixonada pelos livros do Eduardo Bueno. Quero ler tooooodoooos.
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