1808: The Flight of the Emperor (40 page)

The return of the court from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon in 1821.
If it were solely up to him, King João VI would have remained in Brazil.
A partida
da corte do Rio,
engraving by Jean-Baptiste Debret from
Voyage
pittoresque et historique au Brésil,
Paris,
1834–1839, as in Rio de Janeiro, cidade mestiça, Companhia das Letras,
2001

The coronation of Emperor Pedro I: Within thirteen years, the
colony of Brazil transformed into an independent nation.
Coroação de D.
Pedro,
engraving by
Jean-Baptiste Debret from V
oyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil,
Paris, 1834–1839, as in Rio de
Janeiro, cidade mestiça, Companhia das Letras, 2001