News from Brazil in Spanish

Abstract

The government men of the Caribbean and Brazil in the 17th century shared the same concern: the Dutch. Much is said about the Dutch invasions in the northeast from a perspective close to national borders, forgetting that Spanish America was also impacted by the same event. Our intention, therefore, is to present the integration of these spaces through the circulation of people and information in the light of Connected History. Firstly, we show how events in Brazil guided and had an impact on the council's discussions. In the second, we point out how Brazil became part of the concerns of the colonial authorities, especially after the attack on Pernambuco, when it became an important base for privateers for planning possible attacks in the Atlantic. Finally, we present the direct circulation of dissidents of the war in Pernambuco, settled in the city of Cartagena das Indias – Nova Granada, in 1640, coming from the Conde da Torre's Armada. For this task, we used as sources the despachos from colonial administration authorities, comparing the information with that produced by private individuals, in order to carry out a critical reading of the documents, inserting them in their production context and without losing sight of their functions.