Tamandaré Archive

the mirror of a career

Authors

  • Edina Laura Costa Nogueira da Gama Graduada em História com especialização em História Militar Brasileira pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), a Capitão-de-Fragata (T) Edina é atualmente Vice-Diretora do Serviço de Documentação da Marinha e sócia titular do Instituto de Geografia e História Militar do Brasil (IGHMB).

Keywords:

Admiral Tamandare's Archive, Documental Source, Oriental Campaign

Abstract

The present article has the purpose to introduce to the public the Admiral Tamandare’s Archive: a collection of 1.492 documents, divided in 17 volumes, which compose a rich documental source about the Brazilian Navy Patron. The existing informations in that documents are a rich source that will help researchers to understand Brazilian political-military actions during the second half of the XIXth Century. With special emphasis to the volume that has the manuscript memory of Lieutenant Euzébio José Antunes, about the naval operation on Prata River’s in the years of 1864 and 1865.

Published

2020-05-11