Abstract:O presente artigo é baseado no trabalho de Laet, trazendo informações preciosas sobre o Brasil da primeira metade do Século XVII e seus habitantes, apresentam-se, por um lado, os mistérios, as magias e os mitos, revelando os costumes e as crenças dos verdadeiros brasileiros; por outro, a sabedoria, a ciência natural desses habitantes.
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