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Detail of a hand colored manuscript map shows flags and place names along a coastal region.

[Early representation of Newfoundland, Lower California, the Amazon, and the Ladrones]

António Pereira
circa 1546
Detail of gold JCB stamp on black binding.

Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation

Edward Wright
1598
Detail from book cover shows flower pattern with red details.

Descripçaõ da arvore assucareira

Hipolito Jose da Costa
1800
Book bound in white silk and decorated with the coat of arms of the Portuguese family and silver and gold beads.

Diario ecclesiastico para os Bispados do Rio de Janeiro, S. Paulo, e Marianna

1808

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map of the world with continents upside down

Constellations: Reimagining Celestial Histories in the Early Americas

Winter 2020-2021
image of terrestrial sphere including Africa, Asia, and the Americas

Lecture on the African-European Encounter to Kick Off New JCB Initiative (and 75th Anniversary Meeting)

August 23
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Fado: A Portuguese Genre from its Afro-Brazilian Roots to World Music

Monday, March 2 at 5:30pm
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Women as Intermediaries in Portuguese Overseas Empire

Wednesday, February 17 at 4:00pm
Workshop

Negros da Terra translation workshop

Monday, August 29 at 12:00am
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History of Medicine in the Portuguese Atlantic

Monday, October 31 at 4:00pm
Image from: Mvsis. et Posteritati. S. Lvdovico de Camoes [Manoel Carvalho 1624]. Original at the John Carter Brown Library.
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Navigation and Narrative: The Epic Seas of Luís de Camões

Thursday, April 19 at 5:30pm
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Tracing the Life of a Brazilian Firebrand in Philadelphia

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