Mapping South American Promises: Potosí, Brazil, and European Visions - Hardcover
by Andréa Doré
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004695108ISBN-10:9004695109UPC:9789004695108Book Category:History, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Reference, Atlases, Gazetteers & MapsSize:9.25 x 6.10 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.2103Product ID:SCQ26H0CXA
"Nomen est omen". A name is a prophecy, a destiny, or even a promise. Why was South America once referred to as Peru, "Peruana", or "América Peruana"? What role did the Potosí Mountain play in shaping these designations? And how did these perceptions affect the lands of Brazil? This book offers new insights into these questions, exploring both the continuities and the shifts in European representations of South America. It reveals how, in the first two centuries of its history, Brazil compensated for the scarcity of gold and silver with brazilwood, sugar, the labor and souls of its indigenous peoples, the toil of enslaved Africans, and its geography.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004695108ISBN-10:9004695109UPC:9789004695108Book Category:History, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Reference, Atlases, Gazetteers & MapsSize:9.25 x 6.10 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.2103Product ID:SCQ26H0CXA
Andréa Doré, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Early Modern History at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Her main interests are the Iberian territories in the early modern period, with an emphasis on their geographical descriptions through maps and reports. She has published several articles and book chapters on these topics, as well as the book Sitiados. Os cercos às fortalezas portuguesas na Índia (Alameda 2010).
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