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Publication Date
March 2009
Description
View of the Pelourinho historical district in Salvador (Bahia). The failure of the capitancy system in Brazil motivated the Portuguese to establish a central administration to coordinate colonization and settlement. The centrally located captaincy of Bahia, was chosen for this purpose and Salvador was established as capital in 1549. Sugar and tobacco dominated the economy until the Eighteenth century. The labor intensive sugar economy relied on massive infusions of African slave labor because Brazil did not possess a readily available alternative.Vista do pelourinho, bairro histórico em Salvador (Bahia). O fracasso do sistema de capitanias no Brasil motivou os portugueses a estabelecer uma administração central para coordenar a colonização e povoamento. A capitania da Bahia foi escolhida por sua localização central, e Salvador foi designada como capital em 1549. O açúcar e o tabaco dominaram a economia até o século XVIII. A economia do açúcar, com trabalho intensivo, contava com a maciça infusão de trabalho escravo africano, porque o Brasil não tinha uma alternativa preparada à sua disposição.
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
