An Asian presence in the Atlantic bullion carrying trade, 1710-50.

Portuguese Studies | January 1, 2001| | Copyright

The eighteenth century saw the consummation of the shift in importance from East to West in the Portuguese empire. From the perspective of the centre, namely Lisbon, one periphery was replaced by another in terms of its importance to the metropolis. This was described in the pithy comment of a Franciscan friar writing in Salvador in 1702: 'A India Oriental ha muitos anos que por pecados e injusticas ja nao e India: O Brasil, pela cana, pelos bizalhos de diamantes que embarca em milhares de caixas todos os anos, e a verdadeira India e Mina dos portugueses'. (1) That this was ...

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