Portuguese bandeirantes

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colonial militias explorers historical group slave raiders

The Portuguese bandeirantes were 17th–18th century frontier expeditions from São Paulo, composed largely of mixed-race adventurers who explored and expanded Portuguese colonial territory in South America while capturing Indigenous people and seeking mineral wealth.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bandeirantes (Portuguese colonial explorers)	1
bandeirantes	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial militias ⓘ explorers ⓘ historical group ⓘ slave raiders ⓘ
activeIn	Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	São Paulo bandeiras ⓘ
basedIn	São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Guarani communities NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous nations of the interior ⓘ Jesuit missions NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	discovery of inland mineral deposits in Brazil ⓘ expansion of Portuguese colonial frontiers ⓘ extension of Brazilian territory westward ⓘ formation of Brazil’s current borders ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	18th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Indigenous allies ⓘ Portuguese settlers ⓘ mamelucos ⓘ mixed-race colonists ⓘ
historicalReputation	agents of territorial expansion ⓘ perpetrators of Indigenous enslavement ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
memorializedIn	Brazilian monuments ⓘ Brazilian place names ⓘ
motive	acquisition of Indigenous slaves ⓘ search for gold ⓘ search for precious stones ⓘ search for silver ⓘ
notableMember	Antônio Raposo Tavares NERFINISHED ⓘ Borba Gato NERFINISHED ⓘ Fernão Dias Pais Leme NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedFrom	Captaincy of São Vicente NERFINISHED ⓘ São Paulo hinterland NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedAs	private expeditions ⓘ semi-official militias ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryActivity	capturing runaway slaves ⓘ enslavement of Indigenous peoples ⓘ frontier exploration ⓘ mineral prospecting ⓘ slave raiding ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ
used	Indigenous trails ⓘ river routes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesuit reductions in Paraguay → opposedBy → Portuguese bandeirantes ⓘ

Monument to the Bandeiras → commemorates → Portuguese bandeirantes ⓘ

this entity surface form: bandeirantes

Rodovia dos Bandeirantes → namedAfter → Portuguese bandeirantes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bandeirantes (Portuguese colonial explorers)