Cultura e Opulência do Brasil por suas drogas e minas: a relação entre agricultura e mineração na construção da obra de João Antônio Andreoni (Século XVIII)

Abstract

In 1711 it was published in Lisbon the work Culture and Opulence of Brazil for its drugs and mines: the relationship between agriculture and mining in the construction book of Jão Antônio Andreoni (Century XVIII).The religious his book composed between 1693-1709. Culture and Opulence was directed to the settlers of Portuguese America and addressed the main economic activities of the same. The objective of this work is to investigate the relations established by João Antônio Andreoni in his book Culture and Opulence of Brazil between the agriculture and the mines discovered in colonial society in the early eighteenth century. To do this, I sought to analyze the trajectory of his and the contexts that he inserted himself. I sought further comprise construction book as well as the speeches with which Andreoni dialogued.