Evaldo Cabral de Mello (Recife, January 20, 1936) is a Brazilian historian, history writer and former diplomat, considered to be one of the most important Brazilian historians of the twentieth century.[1]
Biography
Evaldo Cabral de Mello was born in Recife on January 20, 1936 to Luís Antônio Cabral de Melo and Carmem Carneiro Leão Cabral de Melo. He is the younger brother of poet João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999) and the cousin of sociologist Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987).
In 1975, Cabral de Mello released his first book, Olinda restaurada: guerra e açúcar no Nordeste, 1630-1654. Since then he has written several books, including O negócio do Brasil: Portugal, os Países Baixos e o Nordeste, 1641-1669. In this book he showed that the Portuguese reconquest of Brazil from the Dutch was no military victory, but that a large sum of money was paid by Portugal to the Dutch Republic in exchange for Dutch Brazil.[2][3]
^Leite, Paulo Moreira (November 11, 1998). "A compra do Nordeste" [The purchase of Northeast Brazil]. Veja (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Editora Abril. p. 118.
^Zwaap, René (May 20, 2000). "Hoe duur was de suiker?" [How Expensive Was the Sugar?]. De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Amsterdam: NV Weekblad De Groene Amsterdammer.
