Bidspirit auction | PEIXOTO (Afrânio). MARTIM Soares Moreno.

PEIXOTO (Afrânio). MARTIM Soares Moreno. Lisboa. 1940. - PEIXOTO (Afrânio) MARTIM Soares Moreno . Fundador do Seará, Iniciador do Maranhão e do Pará, Herói da Restauração do Brasil, Contra Franceses e Holandeses. Lisboa: Agência Geral das Colónias, 1940. 56 pp.; 210 mm. A brief biographical study dedicated to Martim Soares Moreno (1586-1657), captain-major responsible for the founding of the fort at the mouth of the Ceará River in 1611, a founding landmark of the Portuguese presence in that captaincy, and an active figure in the expulsion of the French from Maranhão in 1615, an episode that paved the way for the Portuguese occupation of Maranhão and Pará. The text also highlights Soares Moreno's role in the Restoration of Pernambuco, as one of the main Luso-Brazilian military leaders in the fight against the Dutch occupation of Northeast Brazil, between the 1630s and 1640s. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate