Brazil Slide Series: Collection Rio De Janeiro, Slide No. 0010.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

10) Sugarcane plantation house (casa grande) on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro near the Baixada Fluminense plain area. The Portuguese and French first exploited a dyewood named pau Brasil (Brazil wood), yet sugarcane soon became the mainstay of the local economy. African slaves were imported to substitute insufficient Indian labor.10) A Casa grande em estilo colonial em uma fazenda de cana na Baixada Fluminense, nos arredores do Rio de Janeiro (ao norte). Os portugueses e franceses exploraram em primeiro lugar o pau-Brasil, mas logo a cana-de-açúcar tornou-se o suporte da economia local. Escravos africanos foram trazidos para substituir a insuficiente mão-de-obra indígena.

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Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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