Apropriação do conhecimento islâmico ibérico e o pioneirismo português nas grandes navegações dos séculos XV e XVI

Abstract

We developed a Learning Object to fill the gap found in the teaching material of the seventh year of elementary school, in which one of the topics is “The Great Navigations”. Period in which, especially the Portuguese, undertook sea voyages in order to find new trade routes, wealth and expand the Catholic faith, they started their overseas empire. But, after all, how did Portugal achieve this feat? In search of answers, we analyze, in particular, how some historians worked the Portuguese pioneerism, articulating it to the knowledge acquired through the contact they had with the Muslims, who passed on both astronomical knowledge and instruments for determining the movement of stars in the sky. To this end, we analyze historical documents such as the Regiment of the Sun of the Munich Nautical Guide and the Letter from Mestre João Faras to Dom Manuel I, King of Portugal in 1500, communicating the arrival of Cabral's fleet on land; described the constellation of Cruzeiro do Sul, designating it as Cruz, making it possible to observe how much astronomical navigation was already widespread at the time. Thus, we also intend to collaborate with the deconstruction of prejudices and stereotypes about Muslims, impregnated in the school content.