Gregório, Vitor Marcos - In: Nova Economia 19 (2009) 1, pp. 185-212
The establishment of regular steamboat line in the Amazon region was neither a quick nor a simple decision. It was the …. During its evolution, it underwent numerous advances and setbacks before the opening of the Amazon River to all friendly … process for the formation of the Brazilian national state and the final incorporation of the Amazon into the Empire …