%0 Journal Article
%T A conquista do Maranh£¿o e as disputas atlanticas na geopol¨ªtica da Uni£¿o Ib¨¦rica (1596-1626)
%A Cardoso
%A Al¨ªrio
%J Revista Brasileira de Hist¨®ria
%D 2011
%I Associa??o Nacional de Hist¨®ria - ANPUH
%R 10.1590/S0102-01882011000100016
%X this article analyzes the projects for the occupation or economic exploitation of the old maranh£¿o before 1626. french, english and dutch projects competed with the luso-spanish plan for the occupation of the border between the north of brazil and the indies of castile in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. thus, the conquest of maranh£¿o (1615) will be discussed in relation to two questions: 1. competition for spaces of action in this part of the atlantic. 2. the major changes in the luso-brazilian universe following the dynastic union (1580-1640).
%K state of maranh£¿o
%K iberian union
%K seventeenth century.
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