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Letter of Pedro Vaz de Caminha to King Manuel written from Porto Seguro of Vera Cruz the first of May 1500book chapter 1938 • Caminha, Pero Vaz de, 15th cent. & Greenlee, William Brooks
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
The report of Pedro Vaz de Caminha is the basic eyewitness account of the discovery of Brazil. 'In this letter Caminha carefully wrote down each day what appeared to him to be new and curious, as well as almost every act of the members of the fleet i...