A History of Colonial Brazil, 1500-1792 With Map Insert by Bailey W. Diffie (1987, Hardcover)

The book is well written in the context that it discribes History of Colonial Brazil in the stated period but, as mentioned above, it should also have included the period 1792-1822. Only on 7th Sept 1822, Pedro I of Brazil (later Pedro IV of Portugal until his death) recognized autonomy of Brazil from Portugal and got officially the independence by the so-called 'Grito de Ipiranga' (Independencia ou Morte ,ie, Independence or Death) from which Brazil was personally ruled by him until 1831 (while his father was king of Portugal). Then in 1831 he left Brazil for his son Pedro II, that was crowned at adulthood in 1841, and claimed the crown of Portugal (as Pedro IV).
It was a pity that such short period was also not covered, giving rise to a possible 2nd volume about Empirial Brazil from 1822-1895 (Pedro I from 1822-1831, Pedro II nominally 1831-1841, Pedro II in fact 1841-1895); and my be even a 3rd volume, about 100 years of republican Brazil 1895-1995.
The set of maps in the end is quite revealing of Brazil potential and grandeur as a major country for this 3rd Millennium.