América Portuguesa: paraíso terreal

This article aims at analysing Brazil as being terrestrial Paradise. The conception of Paradise assumes the existence of a perenial climate, colorful birds and absence of sin. When arrived in América in 1492, the spanish explorers took it as a true terrestrial paradise, since according to Columbu’s...

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Main Author: Sandro da Silveira Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2001-01-01
Series:Esboços
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/article/view/567