6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in the foreground. The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious mineraIs had important repercussions, since by the middle of the Seventeenth century sugar profits, the mainstay of the colonial economy, had steadily begun to decline in the face of competition from Dutch sugar coming from the Antilles. It was below the Itacolomí peak, nestled in central Minas Gerais, that the colonial town of Vila Rica (now known as Ouro Preto), the center of the large gold rush in the Eighteenth century, was founded.6) Vista do Pico do Itacolomi e, ao fundo, a Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões. A descoberta de grandes minas de ouro e minerais pr...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
View of the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (1766/1776) in Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after ...
Abandoned engenho near Santo Amaro in the Rec6ncavo region. The international price of sugar oscilla...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
View of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo on the hilltop. After yea...
12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and precious stones were found by the...
5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesilla treaty of 1494 (which gave larg...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
33) A general view of Ouro Preto from the Church of São Francisco de Paulo, with the Pico do Itacolo...
Nestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial town of Ouro Preto (formerly known ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource100) View of the Pico do Itacolomí through the towers of the Churc...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
View of the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (1766/1776) in Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after ...
Abandoned engenho near Santo Amaro in the Rec6ncavo region. The international price of sugar oscilla...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
View of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo on the hilltop. After yea...
12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and precious stones were found by the...
5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesilla treaty of 1494 (which gave larg...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
33) A general view of Ouro Preto from the Church of São Francisco de Paulo, with the Pico do Itacolo...
Nestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial town of Ouro Preto (formerly known ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource100) View of the Pico do Itacolomí through the towers of the Churc...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
View of the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (1766/1776) in Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after ...
Abandoned engenho near Santo Amaro in the Rec6ncavo region. The international price of sugar oscilla...