Brazilian literature, the body of written works produced in the Portuguese language in Brazil. Brazil was claimed for Portugal in 1500 and was named for the land’s first export product, pau-brasil (brazilwood), trade in which was initiated in 1502 by a consortium of “New Christians” (converted Jews) led by Fernão de Noronha. With printing presses scarce during most of the colonial period, manuscripts, when possible, were published primarily in the mother country Portugal unlike in Spanish America, where printing presses had been established since the early days of colonization. Publications of conquest, travel, and colonization were therefore not encouraged within colonial
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Brazilian literature, the body of written works produced in the Portuguese language in Brazil. Brazil was claimed for Portugal in 1500 and was named for the land’s first export product, pau-brasil (brazilwood), trade in which was initiated in 1502 by a consortium of “New Christians” (converted
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