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Accepted Paper:
Paths along the rivers: products, relations and spaces in the Amazon and Eastern Guianas, 1600-1700
Silvia Espelt-Bombin
(University of St Andrews)
Paper short abstract:
This paper examines the Amerindian pathways used after the arrival of Europeans in the Amazon, and how these paths, the goods traded and the actors participating in the exchanges evolved (or not) between 1600-1700.
Paper long abstract:
This paper examines the Amerindian pathways used after the arrival of Europeans in the Amazon, and how these paths, the goods traded and the actors participating in the exchanges evolved (or not) between 1600-1700. It seeks to understand more fully the diverse long distance trade routes that originated in, or crossed, the Amazon River and linked it with neighbouring areas as the Eastern Guianas and Lower Amazon tributaris. Its aim is to understand the key social and spatial relations between different European groups and indigenous societies in mobilising people and transporting products. It draws on published accounts and maps, unpublished material from Portuguese, Brazilian, French and Italian archives.
Panel
P08
Rivers and shores: 'fluviality' and the occupation of colonial Amazonia
Session 1