Teaching ResourceConvent of the Ordem Terceira do Carmo in Cachoeira (BA) on the Paraguaçú river. Members of the affluent colonial society constructed lavish mansions and churches. The zona da mata coastal region provided abundant rainfall and fertile massapê soil which proved to be very suitable for sugarcane cultivation. The labor intensive sugar economy was dependent on massive infusions of African slave labor and the en engenhos were usually located close to coastal urban centers to facilitate the exchange of goods and services.Convento da Ordem Terceira do Carmo (século XVI) em Cachoeira (BA) ao longo do rio Paraguaçú. Membros da opulenta sociedade colonial construíram pródigas mansôes e igrejas. A zona da mata, regiao costeira provida...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA sugarcane engenho with the chapel and partial view of the casa g...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSmiling member of the samba group Ilê Ayê in Salvador (BA). The la...
View of the Pelourinho historical district in Salvador (Bahia). The failure of the capitancy system ...
Convent of the Ordem Terceira do Carmo in Cachoeira (BA) on the Paraguaçú river. Members of the affl...
Teaching ResourceZebu cattle in the interior of the state of Pernambuco. In order to supply the suga...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource3)Chapel and casarão (big house) of the sugarcane engenho at Igara...
Teaching ResourceThe Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo (1551), one of the many churches in Olinda (PE...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceThe Portuguese colonizers that landed here in Porto Seguro (BA) fo...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
Teaching ResourceWooden house on stilts along the Tocantins river in the state of Pará. Houses along...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceVarious colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the S...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSugarcane plantation in the state of Pernambuco in northeastern Br...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceChildren of mixed ethnic origins sifting manioc flour. The labor i...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceDowntown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flo...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA sugarcane engenho with the chapel and partial view of the casa g...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSmiling member of the samba group Ilê Ayê in Salvador (BA). The la...
View of the Pelourinho historical district in Salvador (Bahia). The failure of the capitancy system ...
Convent of the Ordem Terceira do Carmo in Cachoeira (BA) on the Paraguaçú river. Members of the affl...
Teaching ResourceZebu cattle in the interior of the state of Pernambuco. In order to supply the suga...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource3)Chapel and casarão (big house) of the sugarcane engenho at Igara...
Teaching ResourceThe Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo (1551), one of the many churches in Olinda (PE...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceThe Portuguese colonizers that landed here in Porto Seguro (BA) fo...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
Teaching ResourceWooden house on stilts along the Tocantins river in the state of Pará. Houses along...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceVarious colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the S...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSugarcane plantation in the state of Pernambuco in northeastern Br...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceChildren of mixed ethnic origins sifting manioc flour. The labor i...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceDowntown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flo...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA sugarcane engenho with the chapel and partial view of the casa g...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSmiling member of the samba group Ilê Ayê in Salvador (BA). The la...
View of the Pelourinho historical district in Salvador (Bahia). The failure of the capitancy system ...