Portuguese conquest of Minas Gerais

Portuguese conquest of Minas Gerais
Part of the Portuguese colonization of the Americas

"Bandeirantes on the Way to Minas" by Oscar Pereira da Silva, 1920
Date18th—19th century
Location
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Indigenous groups

The Portuguese conquest of Minas Gerais was the process by which the Portuguese established control over modern-day Minas Gerais from the 18th to 19th century.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Carrara, Angelo Alves (December 2007). "Antes das Minas Gerais: conquista e ocupação dos sertões mineiros". Varia História (in Portuguese). 23 (38). doi:10.1590/S0104-87752007000200019.
  2. ↑ Langfur, Hal (January 2005). "The Return of the Bandeira: Economic Calamity, Historical Memory, and Armed Expeditions to the Sertão in Minas Gerais, 1750–1808". The Americas. 61 (3). Cambridge University Press: 429–461. doi:10.1353/tam.2005.0025.
  3. ↑ Cesar, Ramon Victor (2024). Appris Editora (ed.). Formação territorial do Centro-Oeste de Minas Gerais: conquista, povoação, dinâmicas demográfica e econômica e ordenamento político administrativo: 1723-1860. ISBN 9786525059136.