A Armada e a Construção Naval do Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves. : A génese da Marinha Imperial do Brasil.

Nuno Saldanha

The Navy and Shipbuilding of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

The genesis of the Brazilian Imperial Navy.

Authors

Nuno Saldanha

Keywords:

Naval Architecture; Shipbuilding; United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves; 19th Century Navy

Abstract

This work is intended as a contribution to the study and characterization of the Royal Armada, during the period of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, between 1815 and 1822, namely with regard to shipbuilding, vessels, typologies, main shipyards, and shipbuilders, in what effectively founded the genesis of the future Brazilian Imperial Navy, as well as the Portuguese Royal Navy of the early 19th century.