
The first immigrants to leave Italy at the time of the "great immigration" were mainly the venettes, about 30% of the total, followed by the inhabitants of Campânia, Calabria and Lombardy.
According to IBGE (Brazil, 500 years of settlement, 2000) were 1,243,633 Italian immigrants to Brazil in the period 1876-1920.
One of the first official immigrant trips to Brazil was made on January 3, 1874, leaving the port of Genoa, Italy. They came on the sailing ship, La Sofia, from French flag, 386 Italians Trentinos who were hired to work in Santa Cruz, Espírito Santo.