The Amazon Gate. The commercial circuits of the Madeira and Guaporé rivers in the second half of the 18th century

  • Daniel J. Santamaría Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (FHyCS), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (UNJu)
Keywords: Amazonic gate, commercial circuits, Madeira and Guaporé rivers, 18th century

Abstract

The discovery of gold in Cuiabá (1719) by the Portuguese would boost Mediterranean trade and the need to protect this plaza. In the course of the 18th century, and as the wealth of this new gold deposit was confirmed, the Amazonas-Madeira-Guaporé route was intensely inspected with the double incentive, for the pioneers, of seizing the cattle scattered on the beaches and bushes and of enslaving the numerous ethnic groups of the river basin. The current paper analyzes the intensification of trade in said region, taking into account both the strategies of Luis de Albuquerque and the collapse of the Jesuit missionary order in Moxos and Chiquitos.

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Published
1993-10-01
How to Cite
Santamaría, D. J. (1993). The Amazon Gate. The commercial circuits of the Madeira and Guaporé rivers in the second half of the 18th century. Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 2, 51-61. https://doi.org/10.34096/mace.v2i0.13120
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