Brazil at the Dawn of the Eighteenth Century

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221 index Angola, 39, 113, 140, 208 ambergris, 129, 133 animals: and gold mining, 173, 182; on a plantation, 53, 84, 86, 118−119 apicus (used for clay), 54, 99 arrobas: of gold, 150−151, 154, 158−159, 207−208; of sugar, 50, 81, 86, 93, 98, 104−105, 107−108, 110, 115−117; of tobacco, 123, 130, 136−138 ash: and silver mining, 190; in sugar production, 33−34, 61, 76, 78−79, 84, 119 ash pan, 36, 99 Bahia, bay of (Recôncovo): cattle trade and, 197, 199−202, 204−208; city of, 9; gold and, 149, 153, 155, 158−159, 181−182; missionaries, 47; and sugar mills, 9, 15, 18, 55, 58, 60, 63, 76−77, 95, 104, 114, 117; taxes paid in, 50, 107 bananas, 85, 93, 107 basins, 16, 89−90, 119. See also cauldrons ; kettles; pans beans, 44, 85, 173, 175 Boa Vista, mountains of, 173–174 cabucho (sugar at bottom of the mold), 104, 109 cachaça, 84, 86−87, 103. See also claros; rum Cachoeira, 123, 132, 136–137, 177, 181, 216n1 Caeté, 146, 149, 172 caldo, 69−71, 77−78, 80−82, 84−88, 90. See also mel; melado; meladura carpenters, 15−17, 39, 73−74, 141. See also tools carts: used for firewood, 77; used for sugar cane, 15−16, 30−31, 53−54, 60, 62, 70, 73, 110, 118, 202; used for tobacco, 130, 136 Cataguás, mines of, 146, 150, 172, 176 cattle, 62, 125, 156, 159; cows, 156, 205; herds of, 202−203; prices, 204−205; ranches, 197−201 cauldrons, 16, 31, 33−34, 63−64, 70−71, 76−78, 80−88, 90−91, 99, 119. See also basins; kettles; pans chickens, 47. See also animals children, 18, 20, 43−44, 56, 58, 90, 112, 118, 127, 130−131, 152 churches, 16, 19, 26−28, 41, 44, 135, 192, 209−210 claros (drink made from sugar cane), 34, 85, 90 clergy, 27, 41, 47, 134−135, 152, 192 copper, 16, 49, 78, 80−81, 85−86, 88, 91, 100−101, 112, 113 Curitiba, 146–147, 200 customs house and taxes: on gold, 153−154, 179; on leather, 206, 208; on sugar, 51, 115−116, 120; on tobacco , 130, 136−137, 140. See also quinto Espirito Santo, 148, 199 firewood, used in sugar production, 16, 19, 30−31, 41, 49, 54, 63, 74, 76−78, 100, 202 fish, 47, 140, 145, 175 flour: from corn, 156; wheat, 190. See also manioc 222 Index forests, 16, 19, 31, 39, 54, 75. See also hardwoods, firewood goats, 53, 58−59, 84, 156. See also animals God, 5, 22, 24−28, 41−42, 44, 47−48, 58, 193, 210; taxes paid to, 37, 107, 136, 209 gold: damage to economy caused by, 192–193; as decoration, 42, 157; exports of, 207–208; finding and extracting, 183–186; general mines, 147–148, 155; karats, 150–151, 158; miners, 152–155; mines, 112, 145–146, 154, 191; as money, 40, 155–157, 208; obligation to pay royal tax on, 161– 171; prices paid for, 158–159; qualities of, 150–151; in Rio das Velhas, 149; in rivers, 175, 179, 186; routes from São Paulo, 172–175; routes from Rio de Janeiro, 176–179; routes from Bahia, 181–182; taxes on, 153. See also mines government officials, 140, 154, 171, 192, 209 Grande River, 175, 199 guests, 16, 18, 47−48, 54 hardwoods, 73, 78 Heaven, 5, 23, 210 Hell, 40, 76 horses, 9, 17, 30, 42, 45−46, 49, 54, 58, 155, 157, 204; mares, 53 inns, 16, 47, 155, 160 Jacobinas, 197, 199, 204–205, 218n1 judges, 44, 152, 167, 179 justice, 22, 34, 108, 153, 165, 167−169, 171, 192 kettles, 16, 34, 70−71, 76−78, 80−87, 93−94, 99−101, 103, 119. See also basins; cauldrons; pans knives, 98, 105, 119 laborers: free, 48, 134; slave, 41, 61, 100, 106, 129, 134 ladles, 82, 84−85, 88−90, 100−101 land: selection of for planting sugar cane, 53−58; on a sugar plantation, 17−19, 31, 43, 51, 61; tenants and, 15, 20–22, 24, 37, 107; for tobacco, 125, 130, 132 law, 19, 40–41, 44, 51, 140, 152; relating to King’s right to quinto, 161−171 lawsuits, 19, 21, 23−24 lawyers, 21, 37, 46, 51, 153 Lisbon, 115, 123, 136–138, 206 manioc (cassava): flour, 42, 140, 156; growers, 202; leaves, 126; planting of, 16, 31, 41, 44, 53 mel, 36, 85−91...