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Publication Date
March 2009
Description
View of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was based on slave labor and was closely controlled by the Portuguese authorities. The colony's capital was shifted in 1763 to the port of Rio de Janeiro to facilitate shipping and to better administer the exploitation of this enormous wealth, accelerating the economic decline of the Northeast. Brazil in the Eighteenth century was an agricultural society, where wealth was in the hands of a few landholding families. with the exception of mining towns, most of the population was concentrated along the coastline.Vista do centro da cidade do Rio de Janeiro e da Baía de Guanabara. A mineração do ouro era baseada no trabalho escravo e controlada estritamente pelas autoridades portuguesas. A capital da colónia foi mudada em 1763 para o porto do Rio de Janeiro, para facilitar o transporte marítimo e melhor administrar a exploração desta enorme riqueza, acelerando o declínio económico do Nordeste. No século XVIII o Brasil eracomposto de uma sociedade agrícola, onde a riqueza estava nas mãos de poucas famílias proprietárias de terras. Com exceção das cidades de mineração, a maioria da população estava concentrada ao longo da costa.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1993
Keywords
Brazil: Brasilia
