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Wikipedia: In the History of Brazil, Colonial Brazil comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to United Kingdom with Portugal. During the over 300 years of Brazilian colonial history, the economic exploitation of the territory was based first on brazilwood extraction (16th century), sugar production (16th-18th centuries), and finally on gold mining (18th century). Slaves, specially those brought from Africa, provided most of the working force.
![[Golden Baroque inner decoration of the Franciscan church of Salvador]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/StFranciscoChurch1_CCBY_s.jpg "Golden Baroque inner decoration of the Franciscan church of Salvador")
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![[São José fortress.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fortaleza_Sao_Jose_Florianopolis_Brasil_s.jpg "São José fortress.")
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![[View of a sugar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Engenho_com_capela_s.jpg "View of a sugar")
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![[Portuguese map by Lopo Homem showing the coast of Brazil and natives extracting brazilwood, as well as Portuguese...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brazil_16thc_map_s.jpg "Portuguese map by Lopo Homem showing the coast of Brazil and natives extracting brazilwood, as well as Portuguese...")
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![[Historical centre of Salvador today.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pelourinho1_CCBY_s.jpg "Historical centre of Salvador today.")
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![[View of Ouro Preto, one of the main villages founded during the gold rush of Minas Gerais]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/OuroPretoView_s.jpg "View of Ouro Preto, one of the main villages founded during the gold rush of Minas Gerais")
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![[The Paço Imperial, 18th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PacoImperial1_s.jpg "The Paço Imperial, 18th century")
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![[17th century-Jesuit church in São Pedro da Aldeia, near Rio de Janeiro.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SPedroAldeia_JesuitChurch_1_s.jpg "17th century-Jesuit church in São Pedro da Aldeia, near Rio de Janeiro.")
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![[The brazilwood tree, which gives Brazil its name, has dark, valuable wood and provides red dye]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brazilwood_tree_in_Vit_C3_B3ria_2C_ES_2C_Brazil_s.jpg "The brazilwood tree, which gives Brazil its name, has dark, valuable wood and provides red dye")
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![[Quartered body of Tiradentes, by Brazilian painter Pedro Américo (1893).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tiradentes_Esquartejado_28Pedro_Am_C3_A9rico_2C_1893_29_s.jpg "Quartered body of Tiradentes, by Brazilian painter Pedro Américo (1893).")
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![[Portuguese map by Luís Teixeira, showing the location of the hereditary captaincies of Brazil]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Capitanias_s.jpg "Portuguese map by Luís Teixeira, showing the location of the hereditary captaincies of Brazil")
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