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The creation of a collective research instrument, incorporating the Portuguese public archives, much facilitates the retrieval of documents concerning the history of Brazil
Renato Venancio
The Portuguese gave a gift the Brazilian historians. It is the creation of the Portuguese Archives Portal. As the name implies, this portal serves as a union catalog of archival collections, allowing simultaneous searches in 18 institutions resgisters 990,612: Torre do Tombo, Archives District: Aveiro, Beja, Castelo Branco, Évora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real and Viseu; City Council of Constance and the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.
In this universe, the National Archive of Torre do Tombo has the database with more records about the history of Brazil: Currently, about 1400 documents, this priceless collection, can be read in full.
An interesting research procedure is to click the item "Advanced search" and make the search for the "scope and content." In the "Retrieve Records", choose "Records with images." The search from the word "treaty", for example, results in digital copies of the main Portuguese diplomatic documents, saying many of them directly upon the history of Brazil, such as the Treaty of Tordesillas. You can also consult the original "Letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha."
Another search option is to choose a regional focus. Enter the words "Rio de Janeiro" in the "Scope and content" and again in the "Retrieve Records", choose "Records with images." Are already available in digital format, 555 valuable documents about the history of Rio, as in the case of proceedings, complaints, inquiries and correspondence inquisitorial.
Other Portuguese archival institutions also hold valuables. In Porto, for example, there is identity documents of the century XX, who was starting for the New World as well as parish records of the seventeenth century, which reproduce deaths in overseas territories.
02/02/2011