New perspectives on the French presence in Bahia in 1798

The analysis of correspondence now avaiable on a Plan for the Invasion of Bahia, sent by naval captain Antoine-René Larcher to the Directorate of the French Republic in 1797, sheds new light on episodes of the so-called Bahian Conspiracy, as much with respect to the conspirators' social penetra...

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Main Authors: István Jancsó, Marco Morel, Eoin Paul O'Neill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Series:Topoi
Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1518-33192007000100001&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:The analysis of correspondence now avaiable on a Plan for the Invasion of Bahia, sent by naval captain Antoine-René Larcher to the Directorate of the French Republic in 1797, sheds new light on episodes of the so-called Bahian Conspiracy, as much with respect to the conspirators' social penetration as in regard to aspects of wideranging attempts to the expand the French Revolution previously unknown to historiography.
ISSN:1518-3319
2237-101X