The places of the past: Amazonian yoponymy in the Colonial Period

• Grant number: 25/04617-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2025
• End date: May 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Camila Loureiro Dias
• Grantee: Maria Luiza Zitei de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/02896-0 - Between a deep past and an imminent future: human activity and environmental impact in early modern Amazonia, AP.PNGP.PI

Abstract

The goal of this project is to conduct a survey of places mentioned in the historical sources of the XVI to XVIII centuries, through the reading of travellers, cronists and missionaries of the colonial period, as well as historians and geographers of the XIX century. This survey will provide assistance in the elaboration of the digital cartographic platform, at the same time that will provide to the scholarship student the opportunity of reflection.