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João da Silva Guimarães was a Portuguese bandeirante who explored the sertões of Bahia and Minas Gerais in the 18th Century.[1][2]
João da Silva Guimarães was the son of Pascoal da Silva Guimarães. He explored the bar of the Doce River, the banks of the São Mateus River, and the sertões of Minas Gerais. Later, he explored the Alto Sertão Baiano and Sertão da Ressaca, in Bahia. In the service of the Portuguese Crown, he searched for emeralds rumoured to exist in the sertões of Minas Gerais and for gold and silver reserves in the sertões of Bahia. He even reported the discovery of diamonds in the bar of the Doce River, later going to Alto Sertão of Bahia. From there he went to the Recôncavo of Bahia where he continued to report his discoveries to the Portuguese authorities. In Bahia, he traveled through the territories of the Paraguaçu River, the De Contas River and the Pardo River.[citation needed]
In 1752 he fought alongside João Gonçalves da Costa against the indigenous people of Sertão da Ressaca, and was defeated. The last reports of him date back to 1764. The regions where he lived in is between the borders of the current states of Espírito Santo, Bahia, and Minas Gerais.[citation needed]
Hermann Kruse and Pedro Calmon have theorised that João da Silva Guimarães was the author of Manuscript 512, which decribes a lost city in the interior of Bahia.[3][4]
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[edit]- ^ Isnara Pereira Ivo (2007). Entre as montanhas e o mar: Trabalho, conquista e aventura nos sertões mineiro e baiano. Século XVIII [Between the mountains and the sea: work, conquest, and adventure in the sertões of Minas Gerais and Bahia. 18th Century.] (PDF). ANPUH XXIV SIMPÓSIO NACIONAL DE HISTÓRIA (in Portuguese).
- ^ Francisco Eduardo de Andrade (2002-09-10). A invenção das Minas Gerais: empresas, descobrimentos e entradas nos sertões do ouro (1680-1822) [The invention of Minas Gerais: companies, discoveries, and entrance to the golden sertões] (Thesis) (in Portuguese). doi:10.11606/T.8.2002.tde-09012023-154627.
- ^ "O MANUSCRITO 512: A CIDADE PERDIDA DA BAHIA" [Manuscript 512: a lost city of Bahia] (PDF) (in Portuguese).
- ^ Johnni Langer (2002). "A Cidade Perdida da Bahia: mito e arqueologia no Brasil Império" [The lost city of Bahia: myth and archaeology in Imperial Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de História (in Portuguese). 22 (43). doi:10.1590/S0102-01882002000100008.