… Early in the era of transatlantic discovery, Western Europeans contested the division of the
… An Italian Jesuit in the sugar region of Bahia in Brazil witnessed slaves being burned with …

… The scope of this book is a short journey through the last 2400 years of consciously recorded
scientific practice. From the aspect of this considerably long period of time (from Ancient …

… discoveries as fire-making, the building of shelters, and the cosmetic use of dyes. About
150,000 years … freezing techniques for preserving foods 1918 Brazil bans export of Pará rubber …

… Rejecting the ideas expressed in the 19th century about the dark years of the period of the
Jesuit University, the courtyards of University’s ensemble became places of memory. They …

… of more than 500 years of history. They were shaped in the … The Jesuits were responsible for
Indian welfare in Brazil until … adventurers from São Paulo discovered gold and later precious …

… of his arrival in Brazil, whatever was possible to discover was … of separation established
by the Jesuit order between the … In the center, we can see a model of human body anatomy …

… At the time of discovery, the indigenous languages spoken in … to almost every village of the
Brazilian Y anomami, and is … at least to 1700 when the Jesuits settled· among them on the …

… The priest likely sent it to Jesuit authorities in Buenos Aires, … 1850s and is currently held in
Brazil’s national library. Another … We discovered that about 17 percent of relevant manuscripts …

… to his contact with other exiled Jesuits and the collection of the … missionary informs that he
had made “a trip to discover the … as taxonomy, morphology, anatomy and, also, ethnobotanical …

… When the combined interests of commerce, abolition, and exploration … Hindu temples;
Jesuit missionaries in Brazil enacted the … Beginning in 1549, I argue, contests between Jesuit …