The assault of Rio de Janeiro by the French in 1711
This work describes the French crown military efforts (through two naval campaigns in 1710 and 1711) to obtain control of Brazil - the biggest Portuguese colony 300 years ago. This paper also tells of the influence of Rio de Janeiro’s peculiar geography, regarded both in French plans of taking over...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Marinha do Brasil (MB) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Navigator (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/453 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://portaldeperiodicos.marinha.mil.br/index.php/navigator/article/view/453 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | campanhas navais francesas no Rio de Janeiro Jean-François Duclerc Duguay-Trouin French naval campaigns in Rio de Janeiro |
| Resumo: | This work describes the French crown military efforts (through two naval campaigns in 1710 and 1711) to obtain control of Brazil - the biggest Portuguese colony 300 years ago. This paper also tells of the influence of Rio de Janeiro’s peculiar geography, regarded both in French plans of taking over and in Portuguese defense resources. |
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