Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais

This article offers a historical-geographic narrative about an ancient Caminho Real do Ouro (Royal Road of Gold) – the Caminho do Proença. The main source for the construction of this narrative are the iconographic records of the German painter, Johann Moritz Rugendas. In the early 1820s, on his jou...

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Main Author: Patrícia Gomes da Silveira
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description This article offers a historical-geographic narrative about an ancient Caminho Real do Ouro (Royal Road of Gold) – the Caminho do Proença. The main source for the construction of this narrative are the iconographic records of the German painter, Johann Moritz Rugendas. In the early 1820s, on his journey from Rio de Janeiro to Minas Gerais as an artist for the Langsdorff Expedition, Rugendas documented landscapes, nature, and territory along this path. Initially opened as gold drain route from the hinterlands of Minas Gerais through the port of Rio de Janeiro, the Caminho do Proença established itself as one of the main routes of circulation, settlement, and supply of this portion of the territory during the 18th century and in the first decades of the 19th century. Rugendas' iconography, together with other documentary sources, provides a rich historical record of the natural, economic, and urban aspects of this path between the coast of Rio de Janeiro and the sertões of Minas Gerais.
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spelling doaj.art-a11fc392c4124f709069b175d23a37f22024-02-14T13:49:25ZengConfinsConfins1958-92125710.4000/confins.49220Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas GeraisPatrícia Gomes da SilveiraThis article offers a historical-geographic narrative about an ancient Caminho Real do Ouro (Royal Road of Gold) – the Caminho do Proença. The main source for the construction of this narrative are the iconographic records of the German painter, Johann Moritz Rugendas. In the early 1820s, on his journey from Rio de Janeiro to Minas Gerais as an artist for the Langsdorff Expedition, Rugendas documented landscapes, nature, and territory along this path. Initially opened as gold drain route from the hinterlands of Minas Gerais through the port of Rio de Janeiro, the Caminho do Proença established itself as one of the main routes of circulation, settlement, and supply of this portion of the territory during the 18th century and in the first decades of the 19th century. Rugendas' iconography, together with other documentary sources, provides a rich historical record of the natural, economic, and urban aspects of this path between the coast of Rio de Janeiro and the sertões of Minas Gerais.https://journals.openedition.org/confins/49220Brazil.iconographyRugendasRoyal Path of gold
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Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais
Confins
Brazil.
iconography
Rugendas
Royal Path of gold
title Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais
title_full Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais
title_fullStr Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais
title_full_unstemmed Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais
title_short Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais
title_sort caminhos historicos sob o olhar de rugendas a ligacao entre rio de janeiro e minas gerais
topic Brazil.
iconography
Rugendas
Royal Path of gold
url https://journals.openedition.org/confins/49220
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