From Gold to Manioc: Contraband Trade in Brazil during the Golden Age, 1700–1750

Christopher Ebert

Colonial Latin American Review · 2011 · 13 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

In 1734, Lord Tyrawley, the long-serving British envoy to the Kingdom of Portugal, complained about the notorious practice of ‘running’ Brazilian gold in Lisbon harbor by British ships: There is no...

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