| Péricles Azambuja | |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1927 |
| Occupation: | Historian |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Péricles Azambuja (August 13, 1927 - November 8, 2012) was a Brazilian historian, writer and journalist. He was a specialist in and published many books related to the history of southern Brazil and southern South America and Antarctica, including História das Terras e Mares do Chuí (1978),[1] a history of Chuí. He documented much about Gaucho history in Brazil and has also written books on Antarctica and the southern islands such as "Antártida: Derecho que Tiene Brasil, (1981),[2] Antártida História e Geopolítica (1982)[3] and Falkland ou Malvinas: o arquipélago contestado (1988).[4] He is cited as amongst the most important geopolitical writers about Antarctica.[5] In 2001 he published Prefeitura de S. Vitória do Palmar, sua terra, Tahim, a última divisa, a study of the socioeconomic conditions of southern Brazil.[6] Azambuja has been a member of the Association Press Riograndense, Circle of Literary Research of the Brazilian Academy of History, the Brazilian Association of Culture and the Brazilian Institute of Antarctic Studies as a member of the Supreme Council.[7]