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The Following Text Is From 1624 and Was Taken From A Pamphlet Published in Amsterdam, Authored by

The document argues that the West India Company should take Brazil from Spain for three reasons: 1) Although large, Brazil had few important settlements that could be captured with little force; 2) These settlements, Bahia and Pernambuco, had no strong defenses and could be occupied by sending brave and experienced men; 3) The land could produce 60,000 boxes of sugar per year for sale in Holland, generating a profit.

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The Following Text Is From 1624 and Was Taken From A Pamphlet Published in Amsterdam, Authored by

The document argues that the West India Company should take Brazil from Spain for three reasons: 1) Although large, Brazil had few important settlements that could be captured with little force; 2) These settlements, Bahia and Pernambuco, had no strong defenses and could be occupied by sending brave and experienced men; 3) The land could produce 60,000 boxes of sugar per year for sale in Holland, generating a profit.

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The following text is from 1624 and was taken from a pamphlet published in Amsterdam, authored by

by Jan Andries Moerbeeck. Read it carefully.


Reasons why the West India Company should try to remove
to the king of Spain the land of Brazil
1. Although the land of Brazil is
greater than all of Germany,
France, England, Spain, Scotland,
Ireland and the [...] Netherlands together,
[...] however, there are only two places
most important of the same country,
[...].
2. [...] These two places, that is,
Bahia and Pernambuco (in which
this great country consists of, according to
I already told you, they do not have forces
considerable or fortresses, so that
that, with God's grace, the same
may be and will be occupied
[...] mainly if the Company
the West Indies to send there
brave officers, good soldiers,
experienced masters or engineers
and appropriate instruments
of war.
Frans Post
Photo: De Agostini Picture Library/The Bridgeman Art Library/Keystone
Sugar mill, by Frans Post (1612-1680),
oil on canvas. 17th century. Louvre, Paris, France.
UNIT 4 – us and others
3. [...] From this land of Brazil, they can be brought here and here annually.
sold or distributed 60 thousand boxes of sugar.
4. [...] The same 60 thousand boxes of sugar cost, in Brazil, according to the mentioned
buy approximately 35 tons of gold that the Company of
The West Indies will be able to pay, mostly with goods, profiting.
with this at least 30% and still being able to sell your goods well
with a 30% advantage over the prices that Portugal usually charges. Therefore
It turns out that the company will still have an annual profit of ten tons of gold.
MELLO, Evaldo Cabral de (Org.). The Dutch Brazil. São Paulo: Penguin Classics, 2010. p. 30-31.
a) Reread and explain the title given to the text.
What places in Brazil does the author highlight and why?
c) What argument did the author of the text use to convince the directors of the Company?
West Indies invading Brazil?
d) The excerpt you just read was taken from a brochure. Look up the meaning in the dictionary.
Regarding the 'brochure', reflect and answer: can we trust the information contained in it?
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108
8.Crossing sources. Read source 1 and source 2 and answer.
}source 1
In one of his first reports sent to Holland, Nassau wrote:
There necessarily must be slaves in Brazil, and in no way
being exempted: if someone feels aggravated by this, it will be a scruple.
useless [...] it is very important that everyone
the appropriate means if
employ in the respective
traffic on the Coast of
Africa.
ALENCASTRO, Luiz Felipe. The handling of
viventes: formation of Brazil in
South Atlantic. p. 210.
Ecuador
OCEAN
ATLANTIC
Tropic of Cancer
60°O
0°
Tropic of Capricorn
São Luís
São Paulo
from Luanda
Saint George
from MinaAFRICA
BRAZIL
Salvador
1641
1641
1637
1648
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
Saint Francis River
Dutch Brazil
Dutch expeditions
0 1177 Portuguese expedition
Dutch in Brazil and Africa - 17th Century
Maps World
PUNTONI, Pedro. The war of the Dutch. São Paulo: Ática, 1995. p. 21. (War and Brazilian revolutions).
The mill, c. 1835 of
Johann Moritz Rugendas
(1802-58).
}source 2
Johann Rugendas. 18th century. Lithograph. Private collection.

Photo: From the text, it can be said that Nassau's positioning in relation to
slavery
Was it different from that adopted by the Portuguese colonizers?
b) What does the map inform?
c) What the Dutch intended to achieve by conquering territories in Brazil and Africa
almost
at the same time?
d) What relationship can be established between source 1 and source 2?
9. Based on the graph created by the economist Roberto Simonsen, answer:
Source: SIMONSEN, Roberto.
In: AVANCINI, Elsa Gonçalves.
Sweet hell: sugar - war
slavery in Brazil
Dutch (1580-1654). They are
Paulo: Current, 1991. p. 33.
(History in documents).
(Mass in
tons)
Evolution of the sugar economy (1570-1670)
Art editorial
(years)
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
1570 1580 1590 1600 1610 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670
CHAPTER 14 - economy and sugar colonial society

a) What does the graph record?


b) What can be observed in the years between 1630-1650?
c) What does the graph allow us to know about the behavior of the sugar economy
during
the Dutch presence in the Northeast?
10.Copy the statements related to the War of the Mascates.
a) The main reason was the dispute over the gold mines between the Paulistas and the
"emboabas" who went there.
b) It is associated with the decree issued by the king of Portugal creating the houses of
Foundry
in the Minas region.
c) In the second half of the 17th century, with the fall of Brazilian sugar prices
na
Europe, the planters of Olinda incurred debts with the merchants
from Recife.
It was motivated by disputes between the sugar mill owners of Olinda and the merchants.
from Recife, mostly Portuguese.
e) Its main cause was the wounded pride of the inhabitants of the village of Olinda,
underestimated
by the Portuguese.
110
UNIT 4 – us and the others
11. Integrating with... Portuguese Language. Read this text carefully. Next
identify
the central idea is to discuss the topic with your group.
The sugar
The white sugar that will sweeten my coffee
this morning in Ipanema
was not produced by me
it did not emerge from the sugar bowl by miracle.
I see him pure
delightful to the palate
like a girl's kiss, water
on the skin, flower
that dissolves in the mouth. But this sugar
it was not made by me.
This sugar came
from the corner grocery store nor did Oliveira do it,
grocery store owner.
This sugar came
from a sugar mill in Pernambuco
in the State of Rio
nor did the owner of the plant.
This sugar was cane
and came from the vast sugarcane fields
that are not born by chance
in the lap of the valley.
In distant places, where there is no hospital
not school,
men who cannot read and die of hunger
at 27 years old
they planted and harvested the sugarcane
that would turn into sugar.
Workers engaged in
sugarcane harvest. Pernambuco.
De Agostini Picture Library/The Bridgeman Art Library/Keystone
Affable
Something that provides pleasure;
pleasant, delightful.
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112
In dark plants,
men of bitter life
it lasts
they produced this sugar
white and pure
how do I sweeten my coffee this morning in Ipanema.
Inside the Fast Night & Dirty Poem
São Paulo: Circle of the Book, [1975]. p. 51-52.
Copy the excerpt in which the poet praises sugar.
b) According to the poet:
Where was the sugar he consumes produced?
Who produced this sugar?
c) In pairs: one can affirm that this poem is a criticism of the poor conditions of
life
of the rural worker? Justify.

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