The History of Brazil - From the Period of the Arrival of the Braganza Family in 1808, to the Abdication of Don Pedro the First in 1831 #231354

To Brazil there was also a large emigration, but the individuals of whom it was composed were for the most part either such as had been banished, or adventurers from the lower ranks of the people. Thus was the foundation laid for the system Of colonization, or rather con quest, which eventually became so extensive, that, in the words of Mr. Southey, the sun never set on the dominions of the King of Portugal.