War In Colonial Brazil, 1554 To 1567

By André Geraque Kiffer

The Tamoios Confederation or Tamoios War (comes from the Tupi word tamyîa or tamuîa, which means “ancestors”) took place between 1554 and 1567. In the 16th century, the Tupinambás occupied the coast of Brazil between Bertioga and Cabo Frio. In addition to them and the Portuguese, the conflict also involved French colonists and other native peoples (Tupiniquins, Guaianás, Aimorés and Temiminós). These ethnic groups were located along the Paraíba valley and Guanabara Bay. In the development of this simulation of a “War in colonial Brazil” I will use an adaptation – expanding the war to all of Brazil – of the board game “França Antártica”, by Riachuelo Games, which explores the French colonization in southern Brazil. I will develop the story on four boards, one strategic, based on a map by the French navigator Jean Parmentier, published in Venice in 1556; two operational, also French, detailing Antarctic and Equinoctial France; and a tactical one, simulating a colonial village and/or fort and its surroundings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clube de Autores
• Release date: Feb 4, 2024

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ANDRÉ  GERAQUE  KIFFER

War  in  colonial  Brazil,

1554  to  1567.

A  historical  simulation

Author's  Edition Rio  de  Janeiro

2022

---  Kiffer,  André  Geraque.

War  in  colonial  Brazil,  1554  to  1567.  A  historical simulation.  André  Geraque  Kiffer.

Author’s  Edition,  Rio  de  Janeiro,  2022. Bibliography:  80  p.  47  im.  21  cm..

1.  History.  2.  Art  of  War.  3.  Science  of  War.  4.  War Games.  I.  Author.  II.  Title.

ISBN  978-65-00-52819-0

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3 PROLOGUE

As  a  Military  Historian  I  rely  on  a  summary  of  the historical  fact,  I  analyze  and  highlight  the  decisive factors,  before  simulating  hypotheses  what  if… hypotheses  through  a  board  game.  In  the simulation,  all  possibilities  of  the  purpose  of  the study  are  completed,  when  the  past  of  history  is analyzed  based  on  the  theory  of  the  present  and projected  for  similar  situations  in  the  future.  Since 2010  I  have  published  the  following  series  of simulations:  I.  Historical  Simulation  of  the  Wars  of the  First  Empires;  II.  Historical  Simulation  of  the Wars  in  Classical  Greece;  III.  Historical  Simulation of  the  Roman  Wars;  IV.  Historical  Simulation  of Wars  in  the  Medieval  Era;  V.  Historical  Simulation of  Wars  in  the  Modern  Era  (1453  to  1774);  VI. Historical  Simulation  of  Wars  in  the  Age  of Revolutions  (1775  to  1860);  VII.  Historical Simulation  of  Wars  in  the  Industrial  Age  (1861  to 1913);  "VIII.  Historical  Simulation  of  the  First  World

War;  IX.  Historical  Simulation  of  World  War  II;  X.

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Historical  Simulation  of  the  Cold  War  (1917  to 1991);  and  XI.  Historical  Simulation  of Contemporary  Wars  (1991  to  ...)". Keywords:  History.  Art  of  War.  Science  of  War.  War

Games.

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HISTORICAL  FACT...…..……………….....……....…6 HISTORICALANALYSIS…………….....…....….….18 HISTORICAL  SIMULATION.….………………....…35

REFERENCES.….…………………………………..79

6 HISTORICAL  FACT

The  Tamoios  Confederation  or  War  of  the Tamoios  (comes  from  the  Tupi  word  tamyîa  or tamuîa,  which  means  ancestors)  took  place between  1554  and  1567.

Im  1:  Indigenous  ethnicities  at  the  time.

In  the  16th  century,  the  Tupinambás  occupied

the  coast  of  Brazil  between  Bertioga  and  Cabo  Frio.

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In  addition  to  them  and  the  Portuguese,  the  conflict also  involved  French  colonizers  and  other  native peoples  (Tupiniquins,  Guaianás,  Aimorés  and Temiminós).  These  ethnic  groups  were  located along  the  Paraíba  valley  and  Guanabara  Bay.

Im  2:  Portuguese  hereditary  captaincies.

The  donee  of  the  captaincy  of  São  Vicente intended  to  promote  colonization  through  the enslavement  of  indigenous  people.  Among  the

indigenous  practices  was  the  brother  in-law,  by

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which  a  man  became  a  member  of  a  certain  people by  marrying  a  woman  belonging  to  that  people. The  Tupiniquins'  collaboration  with  the  Portuguese resulted  in  a  strong  alliance  that  made  possible, among