Secrecy, War, and Communication: Challenges and Strategies of the General-Government of the State of Brazil in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century. Araújo, H. A. F. F. In Privacy at sea: practices, spaces, and communication in maritime history, of Global Studies in Social and Cultural Maritime History, pages 173–197. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2023. OCLC: 1380387739
Secrecy, War, and Communication: Challenges and Strategies of the General-Government of the State of Brazil in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
This chapter aims to identify the consequences of seizing correspondence at sea and the subsequent revealing of state secrets in seventeenth-century Brazil. The wars of the colonial empires of the early modern era highlight the centrality of overseas territories in these disputes. The conflict against the Dutch West India Company in the South Atlantic (1630–1654) demonstrates how the Portuguese had to deal with problems arising from the invasion and the constant attack on navigation routes, which affected communication and commerce. The present analysis uses a set of sources: correspondence issued by Governors-general, orders, regiments, instructions, ciphered letters, and printed leaflets. The study of the Portuguese policies of secrecy allows us to understand the role strategies employed to secure privacy and secrecy by Portuguese authorities. This chapter also proposes that the sea enabled and challenged notions of privacy at the state level, evidentiating how colonial disputes in this in-between space demanded secrecy.
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	series = {Global {Studies} in {Social} and {Cultural} {Maritime} {History}},
	title = {Secrecy, {War}, and {Communication}: {Challenges} and {Strategies} of the {General}-{Government} of the {State} of {Brazil} in the {Second} {Half} of the {Seventeenth} {Century}},
	copyright = {All rights reserved},
	isbn = {978-3-031-35846-3},
	url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-35847-0_8},
	abstract = {This chapter aims to identify the consequences of seizing correspondence at sea and the subsequent revealing of state secrets in seventeenth-century Brazil. The wars of the colonial empires of the early modern era highlight the centrality of overseas territories in these disputes. The conflict against the Dutch West India Company in the South Atlantic (1630–1654) demonstrates how the Portuguese had to deal with problems arising from the invasion and the constant attack on navigation routes, which affected communication and commerce. The present analysis uses a set of sources: correspondence issued by Governors-general, orders, regiments, instructions, ciphered letters, and printed leaflets. The study of the Portuguese policies of secrecy allows us to understand the role strategies employed to secure privacy and secrecy by Portuguese authorities. This chapter also proposes that the sea enabled and challenged notions of privacy at the state level, evidentiating how colonial disputes in this in-between space demanded secrecy.},
	language = {eng},
	booktitle = {Privacy at sea: practices, spaces, and communication in maritime history},
	publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan Cham},
	author = {Araújo, Hugo André Flores Fernandes},
	editor = {Käfer, Natacha Klein},
	year = {2023},
	note = {OCLC: 1380387739},
	keywords = {Atlântico Sul, Brasil, Corso neerlandês, Espionagem, Século XVII},
	pages = {173--197},
}

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