EARLY MODERN WHALING IN BRAZIL

One of the poster presentations during the 1st. INTERNATIONAL MEETING HISTORIES OF NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTS: PERSPECTIVES AND DIALOGUES (March 15-17, 2017) focussed on early modern whaling in Brazil. Nina Vieira summarized her research: " Marine animals and their products abound in the historical sources of the Portuguese Expansion, from marine shells to hippopotamus of the African coast, to the ox - fish of the Amazon or the whale throughout the Sea Ocean. From currency trading to butter ..