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*After 1530, the '''Portuguese''' started to settle in Brazil in significant numbers. | *After 1530, the '''Portuguese''' started to settle in Brazil in significant numbers. | ||
*From 1500, when the Portuguese reached Brazil, until its independence in 1822, from 500,000 to 700,000 Portuguese settled in Brazil, 600,000 of whom arrived in the 18th century alone. | *From 1500, when the Portuguese reached Brazil, until its independence in 1822, from 500,000 to 700,000 Portuguese settled in Brazil, 600,000 of whom arrived in the 18th century alone. | ||
*In the 18th century, large waves of Portuguese settled the country, in the wake of the discovery of gold in the region of Minas Gerais. | *In the 18th century, '''large waves of Portuguese''' settled the country, in the wake of the discovery of gold in the region of Minas Gerais. | ||
*In the early 19th century, Brazil was mainly composed of people of three different origins: '''the indigenous inhabitants, the Portuguese and their descendants, the Africans and descendants, and, naturally, people of varying degrees of "racial" mixture'''. | *In the early 19th century, Brazil was mainly composed of people of three different origins: '''the indigenous inhabitants, the Portuguese and their descendants, the Africans and descendants, and, naturally, people of varying degrees of "racial" mixture'''. | ||
*Maria Stella Ferreira Levy suggests the following periodization of the process of immigration to Brazil: | *Maria Stella Ferreira Levy suggests the following periodization of the process of immigration to Brazil: | ||