José Bonifácio: O Verdadeiro Arquiteto Do Brasil?

José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was the only Brazilian whose name is linked to the discovery of an element in the periodic table. But that's only part of the story that school never told you. Before orchestrating Brazil's independence, this man from Santos spent ten years traveling through Europe, studying with the continent's greatest scientists and being accepted into academies that most Brazilians don't even know existed. What made him leave everything behind and return? Comment here: did you know that the lithium in your cell phone has a connection to an 18th-century Brazilian? 🎬 Also watch: Alexandre de Gusmão — The Brazilian Who Drew the Map of Brazil    • Em 1750, Um Brasileiro Negociou Mais da Me...   Father Bartolomeu de Gusmão - The Brazilian Who Invented the Balloon Before the Europeans    • O Brasileiro Que Voou em 1709 — 174 Anos A...   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 FIRST BRAZILIANS Stories that built Brazil before the Republic forgot. A new video every week. 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications: @primeirosbrasileiros ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Research and script: Primeiros Brasileiros Given the historical period, the images are for illustrative purposes only. #JoséBonifácio #HistoryOfBrazil #BrazilianEmpire