The reassertion of Portuguese independence under the…

1540 CE to 1683 CE

The reassertion of Portuguese independence under the Braganças in 1640 leads to sporadic conflict in frontier areas and to policies seeking to hold back Spanish advances.

In the Amazon and Rio de la Plata river basins, the Spanish rather than the Portuguese had been first on the scene.

The Spaniards include Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who journeys from the coast of Santa Catarina to Asunción in 1540, and Francisco de Orellana, who descends the Amazon in 1542.

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Francisco de Orellana View → Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca View →

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Portuguese people View → French people (Latins) View → Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of View → Portuguese Empire View → Brazil, Colonial View → Spaniards (Latins) View → São Vicente, Captaincy General of View → Pernambuco, Captaincy of View → Peru, Viceroyalty of View → Brazil, Colonial View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of View →

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Age of Discovery View → Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese View →

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Conflict View → Exploration View → Government View →

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