Abstract

MATTOS, Renato de. Versions and Interpretations: Revisiting the Historiography of the Opening of the Brazilian Ports (1808). Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.17, pp.473-505. ISSN 2145-132X.

This article demonstrates some of the issues addressed in our doctoral thesis on the transformations that were observed in the mercantile and social relationships in the capitania of São Paulo after the arrival of the Portuguese Court in Rio de Janeiro. Analyzing the historiography of “The Opening of the Ports to Friendly Nations”, we shall problematize its repercussions in the Portuguese America, highlighting to which extent that decision was effectively a milestone from a socioeconomic perspective for the central-southern colony, whether in terms of the relations between the “Portuguese” from Brazil and Europe or in terms of the connections with British interests.

Keywords : opening of the ports; portuguese empire; colonial Brazil; maritime trade; historiography.

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