Read online free Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750
- Author: C. R. Boxer
- Date: 30 Mar 1995
- Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
- Language: English
- Format: Hardback::400 pages, ePub, Audiobook
- ISBN10: 1857541006
- Publication City/Country: Manchester, United Kingdom
- File size: 17 Mb
- Filename: golden-age-of-brazil-1695-1750.pdf
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Read online free Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750. The title `The Golden Age of Brazil: 1695-1750' seems to have been chosen because this was the period of the great discoveries of gold and diamonds in Brazil. It was not chosen because of a `golden' civilisation existing in Brazil, which was described a popular Portuguese characterisation of the mid 17th century as `A hell for Blacks, a purgatory for Whites and a paradise for Mulattoes'. The title `The Golden Age of Brazil: 1695-1750' seems to have been chosen because this was the period of the great discoveries of gold and diamonds in Brazil. It was not chosen because of a `golden' civilisation existing in Brazil, which was described a popular Portuguese characterisation of the mid 17th century as `A hell for Blacks, a purgatory for Whites and a paradise for Mulattoes'. Main Author: Boxer, C. R. 1904-. Language(s):, English. Published: Berkeley, Published in co
