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How does the world see Brazil? Where does the cliché of the country of soccer, samba and Carnival come from? In this special series, divided into six episodes, BBC News Brasil delves into 5 centuries of history to understand how the country's image was constructed abroad – and how it has changed over time. From the colonial period to the 21st century, including the construction of the image after independence, the international expeditions of D. Pedro II, the issue of sanitation at the beginning of the Republic and Brazil as a “grave of foreigners”, Luso-tropicalism and the myth of racial democracy, the rapprochement with the United States via the Good Neighbor Policy of the 1930s (with its repercussions in cinema), the Bossa Nova phenomenon, the period of dictatorship and redemocratization. In this first part, the focus is on the accounts of travelers who passed through here in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries, before independence. Germans, French, Dutch, Italians, English, among others, wrote about Brazil from the moment it began to exist for Europe – the image that would culminate in a kind of “paradise paradox”. Watch and follow Camilla Veras Mota on this journey through time. See other episodes in the series playlist: • Brazil from a foreign perspective Did you like it? Subscribe to the BBC News Brasil channel! And if you want to read more news, click here: https://www.bbcbrasil.com #bbcnewsbrasil #history #documentary