Sources for Colonial Brazil

An annotated bibliography for Colonial Brazil.

Web Sites

Ian Heath Indians in the Brazilwood War: 16th Century Colonial Conflict in the Americas.

An extract from Ian Heath’s (2001) book concentrating on the Tupi and related Brazilian Indians. Very good.

Tupi figure review (broken link) – David Tan
John Garvey: South American Figure Review

Books

Heath, I. (2001). ‘Armies of the 16th Century: THE ARMIES OF THE AZTEC AND INCA EMPIRES, OTHER NATIVE PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS, AND THE CONQUISTADORES, 1450-1608. Foundry Books.

Excellent.

Hemming, J. (1995a). Amazon Frontier: The defeat of the Brazilian Indians. Papermac.

Excellent book on the Portuguese conquest up to 1750. Lots of detail.

Hemming, J. (1995b). Red Gold: The conquest of the Brazilian Indians. Papermac.

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