A Nau Nossa Senhora de Belém e S. José (1766-1805), de Luís Isidoro de Gouveia, e a Génese do Arsenal Real de Belém do Pará (Brasil)

Abstract

This study focuses on the construction of the largest ship produced in the new shipyard in Belém, the Ship of the line Nossa Senhora de Belém e S. José (1766-1805) by the shipbuilder Luís Isidoro de Gouveia, whose history is closely linked to the creation of Pará’s Arsenal. With the publication of these new data, both documentary and iconographic, it is intended to bring new light to the study the study of Naval Construction in the eighteenth century and in particular, to the Arsenal of Belém do Pará.

Keywords

• 18th Century
• Naval History
• Luís Isidoro de Gouveia
• Shipbuilding
• Belém do Pará Shipyard
• Brazil
• 18th Century