VASCONCELLOS (Simao).
Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil.
“A fundamental book concerning the history of Brazil” (Borba).
As the first edition (published in 1663) was virtually unobtainable, Innocêncio da Silva published a second edition in 1864 and this third a year later. A history of the years 1549-1570, this edition includes the “Poema em louvor da Virgem” by Anchieta and an appendix with seven letters by Nobrega that are reproduced from the Revista do Instituto Historico e Geografico Brasileiro.Born in Porto, Vasconcellos (1597-1671) was raised in Brazil and became a Jesuit at Bahia in 1616. He accompanied Antonio Vieira to Lisbon in 1641, and his appointment as Jesuit Provincial in Brazil, granted him access to an enormous amount of primary material. He died in Rio de Janeiro. Borba de Moraes II, 890.
