As The locational characteristics of the port area of the Island of Itamaracá (PE) colonial by the look of chroniclers and travelers

Abstract

The main objective of this text is to present analysis about the historical narratives about the port dynamics at the entrance of the southern bar of the Island of Itamaracá between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The island separates of the continent by the channel of Santa Cruz and at the moment belongs to the territory of the state of Pernambuco, although in colonial times it was an Autonomous Hereditary Captaincy. During the beginning of the process of colonization of Brazil the place assumed relative expression in the political and economic scenario of the called Northern Captaincies, what justifies in the insular space the existence of fortified strongholds, a village and the port. The focus of our narrative will be the port and its dynamics based on the perception of the Europeans who crossed the waters of the island and recorded textual and pictorial representations on navigation and navigability, warlike issues and local space logistics with diverse purposes.