bandeirante

...the term refers to the public and private expeditions and their activities organized and dispatched during the Brazilian colonial period (16th and 17th centuries) for the purpose of capturing inland Indians and prospecting for precious metals and gems. They were also called entradas, and the participants were called bandeirantes. They departed from major coastal cities at the time, but the ones from São Paulo were particularly famous, and to this day the people of São Paulo admire the bandeirante spirit.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ブラジル植民地時代(16,17世紀)に内陸部のインディオを捕らえ，貴金属，宝石を探査することを目的として組織，派遣された公的，私的な遠征隊とその事業をいう。エントラーダentradaともいい，その参加者をバンデイランテbandeiranteという。当時の沿岸主要都市から出発したが，とりわけサン･パウロ市のものが有名で，今日に至るまで，サン･パウロ人はバンデイランテ精神を称揚している。…

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