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A Story of Whales and People

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Main Author: Vieira, Nina
Publication Date: 2023
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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spelling A Story of Whales and Peoplethe Portuguese Whaling Monopoly in Brazil (17th and 18th Centuries)Environmental historyBlue humanitiesMarine extractionsSouth AtlanticGlobal SouthSDG 14 - Life Below WaterUIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020In this work, the history of the whaling operation in Brazil during the 17th and 18th centuries is recovered. The activity was a monopoly of the Iberian (until 1640) and Portuguese crown, from 1614 to 1801, with economic, political, and ecological significance and impact both for the human and non-human protagonists. The abundance of whales and the valorisation of their products worked as drivers - environmental and economic - for the implementation and development of whaling in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santa Catarina. In its duration, this coastal operation followed the ‘Basque-style’ style with the establishment of fixed whaling stations on land and capturing animals very close to shore. For a short period, sperm whales were captured offshore, using techniques characteristic of the ‘American-Style Shore’. The capture focused on coastal baleen whales, from which oil was produced and baleen plates extracted. Contrary to what was previously assumed, these two products were sent to Lisbon in very significant quantities and periodicity, which allows us a better understanding of their importance in the context of the Portuguese colonisation of the Americas and in a framework of ‘wet globalisation’. This marine extraction not only accompanied the processes of appropriation of the territory but was also a stimulus to promote them. It is argued here that whales played a role in providing a source of wealth for the Portuguese empire and in being an integral element in building relationships between people and the ocean.CHAM - Centro de HumanidadesRUNVieira, Nina2024-01-12T23:31:40Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article28application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/162221engPURE: 81078501https://doi.org/10.32991/2237-2717.2023v13i3.p20-48info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-07-22T01:37:11Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/162221Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:47:55.984600Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A Story of Whales and People
the Portuguese Whaling Monopoly in Brazil (17th and 18th Centuries)
title A Story of Whales and People
spellingShingle A Story of Whales and People
Vieira, Nina
Environmental history
Blue humanities
Marine extractions
South Atlantic
Global South
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
title_short A Story of Whales and People
title_full A Story of Whales and People
title_fullStr A Story of Whales and People
title_full_unstemmed A Story of Whales and People
title_sort A Story of Whales and People
author Vieira, Nina
author_facet Vieira, Nina
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Vieira, Nina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Environmental history
Blue humanities
Marine extractions
South Atlantic
Global South
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
topic Environmental history
Blue humanities
Marine extractions
South Atlantic
Global South
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
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