23) Coffee plantation in southern Minas Gerais. Southeastern Brazil\u27s terra roxa (red earth), derived from the weathering of diabase or basic igneous rock proved ideal for coffee because of its porosity and mineral content. Coffee was initially planted in Rio de Janeiro and southern Minas Gerais, especially in the Paraiba river valley between Rio and São Paulo and depended on slave labor. Later when the slavery economy went into crisis in the mid-Nineteenth century, planters encouraged European and Japanese immigration. The state of São Paulo soon became the major coffee producer, yet the port of Rio de Janeiro also flourished from the coffee boom. Coffee remained the mainstay of the Brazilian economy until the early 1960s.23) Plantação...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourcePhotographs of a Nineteenth century coffee plantation family. Coff...
View of a modern coffee plantation in southern Minas Gerais, complete with metal silos and other mod...
Coffee plantation casarão (big house) in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was labor intensive and when ...
Coffee plantation in southern Minas Gerais grown on terra roxa (red earth). With the decline in mini...
21) Coffee plantations and mountains in background in the Pico da Bandeira region. With the decline ...
Mature coffee trees on one of the many plantations in southeastern Brazil. With the decline of mini...
Coffee fazenda in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was initially planted in Rio de Janeiro and southern...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceCoffee fazenda in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was initially plan...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource21) Coffee plantations and mountains in background in the Pico da ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceMature coffee trees on one of the many plantations in southeastern...
A Nineteenth century train still running from Sao João del Rei to Tiradentes, two towns in Minas Ger...
Steel furnace in São Paulo. Coffee remained the mainstay of the Brazi lian econ omy until the early ...
Photographs of a Nineteenth century coffee plantation family. Coffee was initially planted in Rio d...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA Nineteenth century train still running from Sao João del Rei to ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSteel furnace in São Paulo. Coffee remained the mainstay of the Br...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourcePhotographs of a Nineteenth century coffee plantation family. Coff...
View of a modern coffee plantation in southern Minas Gerais, complete with metal silos and other mod...
Coffee plantation casarão (big house) in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was labor intensive and when ...
Coffee plantation in southern Minas Gerais grown on terra roxa (red earth). With the decline in mini...
21) Coffee plantations and mountains in background in the Pico da Bandeira region. With the decline ...
Mature coffee trees on one of the many plantations in southeastern Brazil. With the decline of mini...
Coffee fazenda in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was initially planted in Rio de Janeiro and southern...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceCoffee fazenda in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was initially plan...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource21) Coffee plantations and mountains in background in the Pico da ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceMature coffee trees on one of the many plantations in southeastern...
A Nineteenth century train still running from Sao João del Rei to Tiradentes, two towns in Minas Ger...
Steel furnace in São Paulo. Coffee remained the mainstay of the Brazi lian econ omy until the early ...
Photographs of a Nineteenth century coffee plantation family. Coffee was initially planted in Rio d...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA Nineteenth century train still running from Sao João del Rei to ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSteel furnace in São Paulo. Coffee remained the mainstay of the Br...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourcePhotographs of a Nineteenth century coffee plantation family. Coff...
View of a modern coffee plantation in southern Minas Gerais, complete with metal silos and other mod...
Coffee plantation casarão (big house) in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was labor intensive and when ...