Recôncavo

region, Brazil

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history of Bahia

  • Core map of Bahia, Brazil
    In Bahia: History

    …the territory began in the Recôncavo, where sugarcane and tobacco were grown for export and other crops raised for the settlers’ food. In the semiarid interior, cattle raising was considerably stimulated in the 18th century, when the discovery of gold and gems in the Diamantina Upland attracted more settlers.

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