Caramuru (epic poem)
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Caramuru is an epic poem written by colonial Brazilian Augustinian friar Santa Rita Durão. It was published in 1781 and is one of the most famous Indianist works of Brazilian Neoclassicism – the other
Stamp depicting the poem
Caramuru
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Caramuru was the Tupi name of the Portuguese colonist Diogo Álvares Correia, who is notable for being the first European to establish contact with the native Tupinambá population in modern-day Brazil
Caramuru (epic poem)
…da Gama's O Uraguai. Inspired by Luís de Camões' The Lusiads, it is divided in ten cantos. The poem tells the story of the famous Portuguese sailor Diogo Álvares Correia, known as "Caramuru" (Old Tupi for moray eel), who shipwrecked on the shores of present-day Bahia and had to live among the local indigenous peoples…
Sculpture by Eduardo de Sá