Mission of Cristovao Jacques on the eve of the initiation of systematic colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese by Pavlo Kryazhev

“…In the article we elucidated that the organization of mentioned military and inspection expeditions towards the coasts of Brazil was the compelled reaction of portuguese crown on the threatening attempts of the french corsairs to be fixed on its coast. In other words, the neutralization of menace of loss by the crown of Portugal of the new discovered land in the Southern Atlantic was the purpose of Cristovao Jaque’s squadron. …”
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A França Antártica, o corso, a conquista e a "peçonha luterana" The French Antarctic, the corsair, the conquest and "the lutheran malice" by Maria Fernanda B. Bicalho

“…In other words, this article intends to argue, from the experience of the French Antarctic, the recurrent threats represented by the French Corsair in the South Atlantic. An approach toward the corsair’s dynamism permits us to comprehend the greater movement within the European dispute for the seas and territorial colonies. …”
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