Scientific Culture and Mineralogical Sciences in the Luso-Brazilian Empire

The Work of João da Silva Feijó (1760-1824) in Ceará

Bibliographic Data

ID4515928
AuthorsMaria Margaret Lopes (0000-0002-9803-8378, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Clarete Paranhos Da Silva (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Silvia F De M Figueirôa (0000-0003-0791-2232, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Rachel Christina De Queiroz Pinheiro (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Rachel Pinheiro
Year2005
Volume18
Issue2
Pages201-224
Publication date2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience in Context (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0269889705000451
OpenAlexW2030331765
LanguageEN
Citations received3

This paper argues that eighteenth-century Portuguese scientific policies promoted the inclusion of its main colony, Brazil, in the Enlightenment environment. This was accomplished by innovative initiatives, such as voyages to explore the colonial territory. Natural history activities, especially in mining, remained at the center of this political project and relied on co-opting groups of Portuguese in America. Based on the life of João da Silva Feijó, this article outlines the relevant connections between Feijó's scientific activities and the first Brazilian national expedition in the 1850s, which led to discussion about developing the Brazilian nation. This analysis is aimed toward the growing consensus in historiography of the sciences that scientific activities practiced outside European centers gave rise to complex interactions involving the processes of mondialization of sciences and the construction of a local scientific context

Historiography · History of Colonial Brazil · History of Medicine and Tropical Health · History of Science and Natural History

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