Impressment into the Imperial Armada in the Independece and Cisplatine Wars

  • Paloma Siqueira Fonseca Mestre em História pela Universidade de Brasília.
Keywords: impressment, warships, prison-ship

Abstract

Impressment was a practice used by the Brazil Navy to man the ships of the Imperial Armada in the wars of independence of Brazil (1823) and Cisplatin (1825-1828). The waves of recruits were deposited in presiganga, prison-ship Navy, in the port of Rio de Janeiro. At that time, the Navy took the boating experience of merchant seamen and employed men accused of vagrancy, giving them a useful target for the establishment of the Empire of Brazil.

Published
2020-06-16
Issue
Vol 12 No 23 (2016): Revista Navigator - Dossiê Um século de história do esporte militar brasileiro: das ligas de esporte aos Jogos Olímpicos e Paralímpicos Rio 2016
Section
Artigos