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Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro is a Brazilian writer, well-known for his science fiction and alternate history works. In the latter genre (in which Brazil excells in recent times) this author has created stories set mainly in two different “universes”: Pax Paraguaya and Three Brazils. See here.
The author informed me that the point of divergence of the Three
Brazils universe is 1647, when Maurice of Nassau comes back to Recife with
fresh troops and ships, weakening the Portuguese administration. Circa
1680, the runaway slave community of Palmares is
not crushed by the Portuguese authorities (who also couldn’t
expell the Dutch) and grows into an independent nation (nicknamed First
Republic) eventually covering roughly the northern half of Brazil in the real
world. The other two “Brazils” are the “real thing”,
reduced to the southern half of Brazil in the real world, and
New Holland (Nieuw Holland / Nova
Holanda), which was once larger than the city-state of Recife it is
reduced to in the “fictional present” of the Three Brazils
universe.
António Martins, 23 November 2006 and 30 July 2008
image by António Martins, 30 July 2008
The flag of (rump) Brazil is mentioned on the story Pátrias de
Chuteiras (Fatherlands in Soccer Boots)
here
(end of §4): bandeiras azuis cobalto do Brasil
which means «Brazil’s colbalt blue flags». This is detailed in §8:
O pavilhão azul cobalto com trinta e duas estrelas amarelas que
representam tanto os astros mais brilhantes da constelação do
Cruzeiro do Sul quanto os estados e territórios do país. Encimando as
estrelas, a frase em letras brancas: "Paz no futuro e glória no
passado". Um retângulo de pano azul pontilhado de ouro.
Meaning «the cobalt blue ensign (sic !) with thirty two yellow stars, showing the brightest stars of the Southern Cross as many states and territories of the country. Above the stars a sentence in white letters "Peace in the future, glory in the past". A rectangle of blue cloth speckled in gold».
According to the author Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro (personnal communication), the
design of this flag is patterned after the central disc of the
flag of Brazil in the real world, showing 5-pointed
regular upright stars on a dark blue background with a stripe, curved and
offset to the bottom, with the Portuguese sentence «PAZ NO
FUTURO, GLÓRIA NO PASSADO» (peace in the future, glory in
the past), a quote from the national anthem, set in sans serif capitals.
António Martins, 23 November 2006
image by André Pires Godinho and António Martins, 30 Jul 2008
The point of divergence of the Three Brazils universe is 1647, when
Maurice of Nassau comes back to Recife with fresh troops and ships, weakening
the Portuguese administration. New Holland (Nieuw Holland / Nova
Holanda), which was once larger than the city-state of Recife it is
reduced to in the “fictional present” of the Three Brazils
universe.
António Martins, 23 November 2006
New Holland (Nieuw Holland / Nova Holanda) has no flag
mentioned in extant stories, but it might yet appear. I predict an
orange/red-white-blue with Maurice of Nassau’s crowned monogram on the
white stripe, as given in usual Brazilian sources in the real world as the flag
of Dutch Brazil.
António Martins, 23 November 2006
This suggestion was approved by the author and may be used in new texts
featuring this universe.
António Martins, 30 July 2008
Circa 1680, the runaway slave community of Palmares is not
crushed by the Portuguese authorities and grows into an independent nation
(nicknamed First Republic) eventually covering roughly the northern half of
Brazil in the real world.
(See here
for more info on the real Palmares; Apparently it had no
flag.)
António Martins, 23 November 2006
Here, the short story Pátrias de Chuteiras (Fatherlands in Soccer Boots) includes the following description of the flag of Palmares (§3):
bandeira verde com o carcará negro de asas abertas no centro »(…)«
o carcará da Primeira República carrega uma lança, um caule de
cana-de-açúcar e uma luneta nas patas cerradas.
Which means «green flag with the Crested Caracara (Polyborus
plancus) with open wings on the center. »(…)«
the First Republic’s Caracara holds a spear, a sugar cane stalk and a
handheld telescope in its grasping talons». Later on, the jerseys
of the Palmares national soccer team are described (§6) to be:
verdes-esmeralda com o desenho estilizado de um grande carcará
negro
«emerald green with the stylized image of a large black Crested
Caracara».
António Martins, 23 November 2006
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