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Bandeirantes were participants in the Bandeiras, expeditions organized by the inhabitants of the then poor village of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga together with allied Indians to enslave other Indians, recapture runaway slaves, and mainly to find precious metals and stones.
Through these expeditions, the Bandeirantes expanded Portuguese America from the small limits of the Tordesilhas Line to roughly the same territory as current Brazil. This expansion discovered mineral wealth that made the fortune of Portugal during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Several buildings, monuments, streets, cities and highways have received the name:
Monumento às Bandeiras, stone sculpture group in the Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, one of the postcards of the city. *
Banco Bandeirantes, a private bank *
Bandeirantes Industrias Gráficas, a market leader in printing *
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