摘要：From letters, treaties and reports produced in Portuguese America from the sixteenth-century, we analyze some of the daily nutritional traits experienced by Europeans who settled on the coast. To this end, we address strategic issues such as the development of farming techniques, gathering and fishing, as well as the introduction, adaptation and acclimatization of some animal and plant species, from Europe. From the perspective of the history of science, we seek to understand how the new Natural World encountered by Europeans on their arrival in the tropics, not only contributed to the survival of these, as well as in the construction of new paradigms in the field of Natural Philosophy.
关键词：History of Science. American Portuguese. Feeding adaptation. Colonization.;Historia de las Ciencias. América portuguesa. Adaptación alimentar. Colonización.;História das Ciências. América portuguesa. Adaptação alimentar.Colonização.
