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D. A. Gomes Pércheiro
A little-known Portuguese writer from the late 19th century, remembered today for a sharp, searching look at emigration from Portugal to Brazil. His surviving work speaks in the voice of someone deeply interested in politics, society, and the real conditions facing ordinary migrants.
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Portugal e Brazil: emigração e colonisação
by D. A. Gomes Pércheiro
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author is easy to confirm, but library and public-domain records identify him as Domingos Antonio Gomes Pércheiro, a Portuguese-language writer active in the 1870s.
He is best known for Portugal e Brazil: emigração e colonisação (1878), a nonfiction work that examines Portuguese emigration to Brazil and weighs its economic, social, and political consequences. Records also associate him with Questões do Pará (1875), suggesting a broader interest in Luso-Brazilian affairs and public debate.
What makes Gomes Pércheiro interesting now is the way his work captures a historical moment when migration, colonial ties, and national identity were being argued over in print. Even with so little known about his life, his books preserve a clear and engaged perspective on the Portuguese-speaking world of his time.