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HISTORY OF SAO PAULO
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American Part of the Planisphere, Pierre Descelliers Parte americana do
planisfério, por Pierre Descelliers(59,5 x 77,5 cm)
map, 1546
First Steps
What today is the city of Sao Paulo used to be inhabited in Prehispanic times by Tupian-
speaking peoples along the coast and by the Tapuia in the interior.
During the first years of the Portuguese expansion in South
America, the basic pattern of settlement was to establish some trading posts along the coasts for
the purpose of storing goods (wood, mineral and stones), that would later be sent to the metropolis.
First Foundation of Sao Paulo
On January 20th 1532 Martim Afonso de Souza founded Sao Vicente, one of the first and oldest settlements of what now comprises the territory of Brazil. The first foundation of Sao Vicente was carried out in order to secure the possession of this region from foreigners. Sugar cane was the first economic activity of these first settlers, but the location of the fields on a narrow strip of
On January 25th 1554 Jesuits, whose mission was to convert as many Indians as they could, founded a school in the Sierra del Mar. Soon, next to the school, houses were built, and thus, the first urban settlement of what would later become Sao Paulo began.
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By that time, Portugal was one of the richest countries in Europe (the country had colonized much of Africa and had solid, profitable commercial relations with oriental countries). However, it had no intention of settling in the new land; a few missions were sent to patrol the coast and guarantee the possession, but no cities were founded.
Portugal in World History
The Coast of Brazil, between Cabo de Santo de Agostinho
and the Cururipe River, by Van Keulen
(51 x 57 cm)gravura, 1683
Jesuists and Bandeirantes
On January 25th 1554 Jesuits founded a
school to convert the Indians in the Sierra del Mar, which would later become the city of Sao
Paolo. But the Jesuits were not alone: behind
them came the bandeirantes, groups of
frontiersmen who explored the unknown lands of western Brazil searching for Gold, and who chased the Indians away to be enslaved in
the cane plantations.Combat between Indians and Bandeirantes(Detail from a grabado of Jean Baptiste Debret)
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BandeirasThe bandeiras, the name given to a group of bandeirantes,
ventured into territories that according to the Tratado de Tordesillas didn’t belong to the Portuguese. Bandeirantes were essential for the expansion and territorial formation of Brazil. Many modern cities like Sao Paolo grew around the mines that the bandeirantes discovered.
Monument of the BandeirantesVictor Brecheret, Sao Paulo
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XIX century
During the early part of the 19th century, two events significantly changed São Paulo. The first took place in 1882, when Emperor Pedro I proclaimed Brazil's independence from Portugal. The second occurred a few years later with the founding of the Law School, which attracted a new, transient population of students and intellectuals. As a political and intellectual center, São Paulo became a leader both in the campaign to abolish slavery and in the founding of the republic.
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Farms and the City
At the beginning of the 19th century, the sugar cane farms gradually occupied the
banks of rivers Tietê and Paraíba do Sul, near the city of São Paulo (not by coincidence, these areas were the first ones to see coffee
farms, later on).
São Paulo was going through a major change: bandeirantes were replaced by farmers and sugar producers. However, while in the northeast farms had an almost feudal structure (the patriarchs had nearly absolute power), in São Paulo there was a co-existence between the farms and nearby urban cities, and prosperity soon came to the region.
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The Introduction of Coffee
Farmers in Sao Paulo came to realize that coffee had a much better potential than sugar cane, and soon coffee replaced sugar as the dominant export product. Revenues from coffee plantations were largely responsible for the industrialization of the city and the region as well as for the construction of railways that connected Sao Paulo with other major cities.
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Sao Paulo and immigration
In 1888, slavery was altogether abolished in Brazil.
Aware of the inevitability of the abolition, the São Paulo
farmers had been contracting Italian immigrants to work in
the coffee plantations since the 1870s.
Immigration: Passport photo of an Italian family
Italy, 1923
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Immigration in BrazilIn the continent, the United
States, Argentina and Brazil (in descending order) were the countries that received most immigrants. In Brazil's case, statistics show that 4.5 million people immigrated to the country between 1882 and 1934. Of this total, 2.3 million disembarked as third-class passengers at the port of Santos in São Paulo State.
Family of italian inmigrants in the Colonial Nucleus of Jorge Tibiraá, Rio
Claro, interior of Sao Paulo, 1911.
This influx of population, sponsored by the government, was no
longer intended to attract families to set up smallholdings, but instead to
hire hands to work in the coffee plantations.Immigrants arriving to Brazil, before landing
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Sao Paulo XX Century
At the beginning of the 20th century, São Paulo was the richest Brazilian province. It had the most educated and skilled population, and politicians eager to assume power. The State was ready to become an economic and political leader of the Brazilian Republic.
Brazil became a Republic in 1889; the first two Presidents, who came out of the military, had both been leaders of the republican revolution. Afterwards São Paulo elected its first three civilian Presidents, who ruled from 1894 to 1902: Prudente de Morais, Campos Sales and Rodrigues Alves.
Industrialization of Sao Paulo
During this time, another major change was happening in São Paulo: industrialization. A large number of men, free, well-paid and salaried , was being formed for the first time in the history of the country. Using the financial savings of the coffee barons, entrepreneurs (often, immigrants with specialized skills) started small factories to supply goods for this growing internal market.
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Sao Paulo, the City
The basic industries (steel and oil refineries), the large
consumer market, the educated labor force, among other factors, kept attracting industries. During
the 1950s, when President Juscelino Kubstcheck gave incentives to
foreigner car makers to come to Brazil, General Motors, Volkswagen and Ford established plants in São
Bernardo do Campo. They were followed by many other auto part
makers. By the time Sao Paulo celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1954, it
was the largest industrial center in Latin America. By the same year, about one million of its 2,700,000 residents were factory workers. Skyscrapers went up rapidly, commerce spread everywhere, and 170,000 automobiles created the first traffic jams in its main streets and avenues.
Sao Paulo, 1980’sAfter the first decades of the
20th century, foreign immigration slowed down, and another phenomenon became clearer and clearer - internal immigration. Attracted by prosperity, millions of Brazilians (mostly from the Northeastern States) migrated to São Paulo. Lacking education and other skills, the vast majority ended up working in lower jobs, such as construction.
São Paulo (known, during the 1980s, as the fastest growing city in the world) had many of its sky-scrapers built by the nordestinos, people from the North.
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Sao Paulo Today
The internal migration had cultural impacts. Recent census
show that São Paulo has more “northeasterners” than most capital cities in the Northeast. Vocabulary,
culinary and manners of other Brazilians were incorporated into the
life of São Paulo, thus mixing the cultures of the Indigenous peoples,
Portuguese, Blacks and other immigrants who had come before.
Besides being the richest, São Paulo is the most multicultural State of
Brazil.
Today, the city’s area is of 1575 sq kilometers (575 sq miles). In 2003, its population was 10.9 million, making it the largest city in
Brazil by far and the world’s second largest city in terms of population.
Images of Sao Paulo
Museum of Ipiranga
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Images of Sao Paulo
International Gastronomy
Since its beginnings, São Paulo has been the principal economic capital of Brazil. It has had an important influx of inmigration from many countries including Japan, Italy, and Germany. An important consequence of this presence is visible in the amazing variety of the gastronomic choices that the city offers to its visitors. Japanese food, Italian food, Portuguese food, and other international foods are part of the wide array of combinations that are present today in Sao Paulo.
Sources
•Ministry of Tourism of Brazil Website: www.embratur.gov.br
•Ministry of Foreign Affairs of BrazilWebsite: www.mre.gov.br
• Maria Luisa and Oscar Americano FoundationWebsite: www.fimdacaoscaramericano.org.br