%0 Journal Article %T Capistrano de Abreu, viajante %A Gontijo %A Rebeca %J Revista Brasileira de Hist¨®ria %D 2010 %I Associa??o Nacional de Hist¨®ria - ANPUH %R 10.1590/S0102-01882010000100002 %X the article explores the relationship between the trajectory of capistrano de abreu in search of a place for itself in a specific social space, and the path in search of brazil and the brazilians. the goal is to understand the question proposed by capistrano about the formation of brazil as a nation, considering the link between historiography and ethnography at the turn of the 19th century. %K capistrano de abreu %K historiography %K indigenous language. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-01882010000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en