12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and precious stones were found by the late Seventeenth century in the region that became known as Minas Gerais. The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious minerals had important economic 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. The majority of the arriais, or mining establishments, were concentrated in central Minas Gerais. In order to better control and administer the wealth coming from Minas Gerais, the capital of the colony was transferred in 1763 from Salvador, Bahia to Rio de Janeiro.12) Igrej...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
22) Garimpeiros (miners) digging for mineral wealth in northeastern Minas Gerais. Gold is still mine...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceStrip mining such as this at the Ferteco iron ore mine near Congon...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and...
View of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo on the hilltop. After yea...
5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesilla treaty of 1494 (which gave larg...
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...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...
Inside the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Sabará (MG). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais pe...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
View of the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Guanabara Bay from the hilltop of the Corcovado on which ...
Abandoned engenho near Santo Amaro in the Rec6ncavo region. The international price of sugar oscilla...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
22) Garimpeiros (miners) digging for mineral wealth in northeastern Minas Gerais. Gold is still mine...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceStrip mining such as this at the Ferteco iron ore mine near Congon...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and...
View of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo on the hilltop. After yea...
5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesilla treaty of 1494 (which gave larg...
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...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...
Inside the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Sabará (MG). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais pe...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
View of the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Guanabara Bay from the hilltop of the Corcovado on which ...
Abandoned engenho near Santo Amaro in the Rec6ncavo region. The international price of sugar oscilla...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
22) Garimpeiros (miners) digging for mineral wealth in northeastern Minas Gerais. Gold is still mine...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceStrip mining such as this at the Ferteco iron ore mine near Congon...