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The Spectacular History of the Dutch Invasions of Northeastern Brazil
From the fall of Salvador in 1624 to the expulsion of 1654: a chapter of Atlantic history written between four empires, sugar mills, and a union of crowns.
The Demolition of the Monroe Palace: Fifty Years of One of the Greatest Crimes Against Our History
Brazil's pavilion won first place at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, was shipped home, and became a palace named after an American president. In 1976 a dictatorship tore it down.
Arrival
A poem about recognition that comes late, and about arriving anyway. Translated from the Portuguese with the author's permission.
The True Discoverers of America
Erik the Red and his son Leif Erikson: two exiles, three islands, and a landfall in North America five centuries before Columbus.
Dom Pedro II — The Emperor Who Loved Books
He translated Longfellow and Dante, corresponded with Darwin and Pasteur, saw Graham Bell's telephone in 1876, and kept some sixty thousand books.
The American Society of History, Arts and Letters Is Established in Orlando, Florida
ASHAL has been established in Orlando, Florida, as an international academic and cultural society devoted to History, Literature, the Arts, Culture, and Science.
ASHAL Bulletin No. 1 — The Founding Chapter
The Society, its membership categories, its publications, and what comes next in the founding chapter.
The Founding Chapter: ASHAL Opens Its Founding Member Applications
The Founding Member distinction is granted once, at the beginning of an institution's life. Applications are under review.
Sister Academies: ASHAL and the Brazilian Academy of History and Literature
Two independent institutions, one intellectual tradition — and why readers will find studies here that were originally written in Portuguese.
