Between 1780 and 1808, the main reflections on the colonial Portuguese empire came from settlers and reinois living in Brazil. The Portuguese-Brazilian prospect was linked to both training at the University of Coimbra and living experience in Portuguese America. Thinking about the empire, at this juncture, used to be associated to examine the centrality of Lisbon and Brazil, to evaluate the links between the kingdom, the Brazilian lands and other possessions in Africa. Slowly, for those illustrated, Brazil became a center for Portuguese domains in Angola and Mozambique. Indeed, long before the Portuguese court arrived in Americ, ita has gained centrality in the production of written and visual subjects of His Majesty.
Portuguese Enlightenment; colonization; Overseas Empire