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NINA, Joao Estevam Miguel da Silva (he-nah), Brazilian author, born in Pernambuco about 1770; died there in 1813. He received his early education in Brazil, but finished his studies in the University of Coimbra, was graduated in law, and practised his profession successfully in Pernambuco. His leisure time was devoted to historical researches, and he was elected an associate member of the Historical institute of Rio Janeiro. He published "Memorias de algumas particularedades acerca dos estabelecimentos portuguezes eus Brazil " (2 vols., Pernambuco, 1806) ; "Descripcao circumstanciada do provincia de Sao Paulo" (2 vols., 1810); and "Collecao das Vidas dos Portuguezes Celebres," a cyclopaedia of the Portuguese adventurers that participated either in the conquest or in the colonization of Brazil (6 vols., 1809-'12).
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