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A Backward Glance at Portuguese and Brazilian Studies in the United States*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Harvey L. Johnson
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Portuguese, a relative newcomer to most college and university curricula, may possibly have been taught in the United States as early as the close of the seventeenth century in a school belonging to the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York City. It seems likely that the early records kept in Portuguese over several decades were written by those who received their training in the language in New York City. Instruction in Portuguese in college was first offered by a Frenchman, Father Peter Babad of the Society of St. Sulpice. Just when the priest began teaching Portuguese at St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland, is not precisely known, but in 1816 he had a class in it under the auspices of the Department of Classical Languages.

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Research Article
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Journal of Inter-American Studies , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1959 , pp. 477 - 488
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Copyright © University of Miami 1959

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*

Paper read at the Portuguese Discussion Group of the Modern Language Association of America, December 28, 1958.

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