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Portuguese Interior Expansion in Brazil (1670s)

Type Event Region South America Time 1670–1679

In the 1670s, bandeirante expeditions and frontier outposts pushed into Brazil's interior, hunting indigenous slaves, prospecting minerals, and found…

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  1. 1670–1675interior of São Paulo · São PauloIn the 1670s the São Paulo bandeirantes organized multiple expeditions deep into the Paraná River basin and toward present-day Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul, capturing indigenous peoples such as the Guaraní as slaves and establishing temporary camps, thereby expanding the area of effective Portuguese control.
  2. 1674–1678Belém · ParáPortuguese Amazonia continued in the 1670s to expand mission stations and military posts upriver, contending with Dutch, French, and local indigenous forces. Belém served as a regional hub, supporting control over northern rubber, spice, and slave trades.
  3. 1676–1679Minas Gerais frontier · BrazilIn the late 1670s bandeirantes and explorers began systematically entering the highlands of present-day Minas Gerais; although no large gold deposits were immediately found, they established frontier routes and networks of relations with indigenous peoples, creating the conditions for the gold rush of the 1690s.

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