19) Azulejo (tile) depicting court scene in Lisbon. The Portuguese Crown depended heavily on the mineral wealth generated in Minas Gerais to finance its lavish expenditures. However, mining techniques were primitive, in most cases ecologically destructive placer mining, and productivity declined rapidly in the gold fields. As the supply of gold and diamonds dwindled, the Portuguese attempted to maintain income from the region by tightening regulations and imposing a variety of taxes and demands on mining which stimulated local discontent.19) Azulejo representando uma cena da corte de Lisboa. A Coroa Portuguesa dependia fortemente das riquezas minerais de Minas Gerais para financiar sua opulência. Entretanto, as técnicas de mineração eram pr...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource7) Mountain ranges near the town of Monte Verde in the Serra do Es...
Azulejos (tiles) in the courtyard of the Church of the Ordem Terceira de Sdo Francisco with a view o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource19) Azulejo (tile) depicting court scene in Lisbon. The Portuguese...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceStrip mining such as this at the Ferteco iron ore mine near Congon...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceRichly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining...
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...
22) Garimpeiros (miners) digging for mineral wealth in northeastern Minas Gerais. Gold is still mine...
6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in t...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...
23) Strip mining at the Ferteco mining complex near Congonhas do Campo. Minas Gerais possesses one o...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource7) Mountain ranges near the town of Monte Verde in the Serra do Es...
Azulejos (tiles) in the courtyard of the Church of the Ordem Terceira de Sdo Francisco with a view o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource19) Azulejo (tile) depicting court scene in Lisbon. The Portuguese...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceStrip mining such as this at the Ferteco iron ore mine near Congon...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceRichly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining...
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...
22) Garimpeiros (miners) digging for mineral wealth in northeastern Minas Gerais. Gold is still mine...
6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in t...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...
23) Strip mining at the Ferteco mining complex near Congonhas do Campo. Minas Gerais possesses one o...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource7) Mountain ranges near the town of Monte Verde in the Serra do Es...
Azulejos (tiles) in the courtyard of the Church of the Ordem Terceira de Sdo Francisco with a view o...