Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (344 p.)
8 illustrations, 15 tables
Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
Language: English
Notes:
Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
Illustrations
Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Colonial Landscape: Timber, Forests, and Soils
2 Forest Policy with Portuguese Roots
3 Brazil's Timber in the Atlantic Basin
4 The Tropical Woodsman
5 Ax, Ox, and Sawmill: Techniques and Technology
6 Cabotage and Transatlantic Shipping
7 Shipbuilding and Tropical Timber
Conclusion: Anonyms for Free Enterprise
Appendixes
Appendix A An Inventory of Timbers Encountered in Colonial Documents for Shipbuilding, Construction, and Cabinetwork, c. 1710-1820
Appendix B Colonial Weights, Measures, and Coinage
Appendix C Tool List Required to Establish a New Corte in Paraiba, 1788
Notes
Bibliography
Index
In English
ISBN: 978-1-5036-1761-2 ; 978-0-8047-3396-0
Other identifiers:
10.1515/9781503617612 [DOI]
Source:
ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477957