Antonio Raposo Tavares (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ant nio Raposo Tavares o Velho (Portuguese: the old one) (1598-1658) was a Portuguese colonial bandeirante who explored mainland eastern South America and claimed it for Portugal, extending the territory of the colony beyond the limits imposed by the treaty of Tordesillas. Raposo Tavares was of Jewish origin according to the Jewish historian Anita Novinsky.Tavares was born in Beja, Alentejo, Portugal in 1598. He sailed for South America in 1618 with his father Fern o Vieira Tavares. In 1622, after his father died, he settled around S o Paulo; six years later, in 1628, he left the village with the first bandeira composed of 900 settlers and 2000 Tupi warriors. This voyage was started to hunt the heretics down and to capture more indigenous slaves (mostly Tupi, Tememinos and Carij s).