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JERONIMO DE ALBUQUERQUE

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:52 pm

The effort to spent by the Brazilian population in protecting their homes and consequently, in maintaining the integrity of the territory, precedes largely the sedimentation in nationality from Independence. During the Colonial Period, when fragments of the Portuguese State were being established here under the command of the General Governors and Vice Kings, the human element to oppose the attempt of invasion by other European powers was recruited among the people of the land, simple and brave people, many born in the Portuguese America, who took up arms to defend the Crown, but above all, their families and way of life.

On the second great attempt by the French to subtract a part of the Portuguese Colony to their usufruct, the occupation of Maranhö between 1612 and 1615 – the ephemeral establishment of the “Equinoctial France”- a Brazilian native, a mestizo, as was good part of the people who liven along the coastline, played a fundamental role in the extrusion of the invader.

Four hundred years ago, in June of 1613, Jerönimo de Albuquerque was the first Brazilian native to assume command of a Naval Force engaged in military operations, a flotilla formed by sail vessels denominated “caravelöes”. It was this naval force by direct command of the King Felipe III, which left Recife at June 1613, conducting approximately one hundred men, which operated the first attacks to the French redoubt established along the coastline of Maranhao.

However, the invader had built a solid fortification on the Sao Luis Island, well guarded by troops, which extended the military operations until November 1615. During all this time, Jerönimo de Albuquerque was always in the frontline, ahead of great groups of archer Indians or leading march columns through the backcountry, chasing forts or commanding “caravelöes”. Such intense participation rendered him the title, granted by the king of Major Captain of the Conquer of Maranhao, and made him be recognized, until his death in 1618, by the name Jerönimo Albuquerque Maranhao.

Through this issue, the Brazilian Post evidences the historic importance of Jerönimo de Albuquerque on the defense of the Brazilian territory during the French invasions, as well as celebrates the 400 years of Naval Force which, under his command initiated the actions for the conquer of Maranhao from the French.

Written by Vice Admiral Armando de Senna Bittencourt. Brazilian Post.


The stamp reproduces “The flotilla commanded by Jerônimo de Albuquerque”, by Carlos Kirovsky, a watercolor on paper measuring 50cm by 74cm, from 2006. The painting belongs to the collection of the Directorate of Historical Heritage and Documentation of the Navy and is currently exhibited at Room 2 of the Naval Museum, located at Rua Dom Manuel, nº 15, downtown Rio de Janeiro. The technique used was photography and computer graphics.

The vessels depict on the stamp are caravelãos of which the “Aak to Zumbraa dictionary of the World’s Watercraft gives.
She was mentioned in the 15th and 16tg century literature, initially from the Atlantic Islands, western Africa, and then from East Africa, India, and Brazil.
Most flush-decked but some smaller caravelãos had a quarter-deck. Lateen rigged on 2-3 masts.
Rowed in a calm, shallow draught.
In Brazil, she was in common use in the 16th century and still reported in the mid-18th century, especially on the northeast coast. Considered good for coastwise navigation, being suitable for working to windward. She was roughly built and armed with two falcons and four small-caliber pieces.


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