American nature´s inventory in the collection of National Archives

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  • Claudia Beatriz Heynemann Arquivo Nacional

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2014v21n31p11

Abstract

The National Archives holds in its 70 km of documents, gathered over 176 years of existence, a collection ranging from the sixteenth century to the present days. In this article we highlight the theme of natural history in Portuguese America present in the funds and collections related to Luso-Brazilian history. The correspondence between the Court and the colonial authorities shows the circulation of ideas, the heavy flow of consignments of specimens, the growing importance of knowledge of the natural environment and the significance of this process in the framework of the illustrated program on the second half of the eighteenth century.

Author Biography

Claudia Beatriz Heynemann, Arquivo Nacional

Mestrado em História Social da Cultura pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (1993), Doutorado em História Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2000). Supervisora de Pesquisa no Arquivo Nacional.

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2014-06-30

How to Cite

Heynemann, C. B. (2014). American nature´s inventory in the collection of National Archives. Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 21(31), 11–27. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2014v21n31p11

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Vol. 21 No. 31 (2014): Dossiê Acervos de Pesquisa

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