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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815718303321

Autore

Antonil André João <1650-1716.>

Titolo

Brazil at the dawn of the eighteenth century [[electronic resource] /] / André João Antonil ; translated and edited by Timothy J. Coates, completing a partial translation begun by Charles R. Boxer ; preface by Stuart B. Schwartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dartmouth, Mass, : Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth

[Lebanon, N.H.], : Produced and distributed by University Press of New England, 2012

ISBN

1-283-91568-5

1-933227-51-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Classic histories from the Portuguese-speaking world in translation ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

CoatesTimothy J. <1952->

BoxerC. R <1904-2000.> (Charles Ralph)

SchwartzStuart B

Disciplina

330.981/032

Soggetti

Sugar growing - Brazil

Tobacco - Brazil

Gold mines and mining - Brazil

Brazil Economic conditions Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The agricultural wealth of Brazil in the cultivation of sugar -- pt. 2. The development and wealth of Brazil through the cultivation of Tobacco -- pt. 3. The development and wealth of Brazil by gold mining -- pt. 4. The development and wealth of Brazil by the abundance of cattle, leatherworking, and other royal contracts remaining in this colony.

Sommario/riassunto

Antonil's great work, recognized as fundamental for understanding the colonial Brazilian economy, now available in its first English translation