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DIÁRIO da Navegação de Pero Lopes de Sousa 1530-1532. Rio de Janeiro. 1927. - DIÁRIO da Navegação de Pero Lopes de Sousa 1530-1532 . Rio de Janeiro: Typographia Leuzinger, 1927. 2 v.: il.; 240 mm. Fifth edition of Pero Lopes de Sousa's Navigation Diary , with a critical study by Commander Eugênio de Castro and a preface by Capistrano de Abreu, limited edition of 500 copies. The Diary, written by Pero Lopes de Sousa, brother and first mate of Martim Afonso de Sousa, records the voyage of the coastal guard, colonizing and exploring fleet that traveled along the Brazilian coast between 1530 and 1532. It is the first document to describe the estuary of the Rio de la Plata and to witness the founding of São Vicente, the first Portuguese town in Brazil. First published by Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen in 1839, based on the then recently discovered manuscript, it has since become an indispensable primary source for the history of the discovery and colonization of Brazil. A reference edition, illustrated with fold-out maps, for the study of the Portuguese presence on the South American coast in the 16th century. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate