LTS 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pedro Álvares Cabral, Trading Post, Repartimiento
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Iberians brought african slaves and old world diseases. Pedro alvares cabral laid claim to brazil on portugal"s second voyage. Meanwhile merchants established feitorias, (fortified trading posts) along. 1420s azores produced wheat for portuguese consumption. Warmer madeiras yielded sugar for export to northern europe by enslaved canary islanders and west africans. 1460: portuguese controlled cape verde islands off west africa and merchants est. forts in senegambia to trade for gold/ slaves. Lacked the acquired immunity to many diseases carried by africans/ Portuguese attempted conquest and settlement of all the islands unusual bc they usually favored trading posts or uninhabited islands for settlements: expensive failure, spanish who ended up in possession of the islands. Canarians were unified under chiefdoms: invaders wished to enslave them, resistance was stiff, however, iberians had acquired immunity to smallpox, measles and many other diseases. Acquired capital through trade rather than feudal rents. Economy based on exports of wine salt and olive oil.
