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Brazil, throughout the five centuries of its history, has always been seen as a supplier of mineral resources of all kinds, whether in popular imagination or in the official and unofficial discourses. The well-known Brazilian historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda summarized in a clear, even poetic form this view of a country seated on treasures of all sorts, when comparing Brazil and other Latin American countries: We will also have our El-Dorados. Those of mining, for sure, but also those of sugar, of tobacco, of coffee, so many agricultural items pulled out from the fertile soil, as gold is extracted from gravel till it runs out, with no payback of benefits. The procession of miracles will therefore continue throughout the whole colonial period, and it will not be interrupted by the Independence, not even the Republic. (de Holanda, 1969, p. 323) Among these riches, some always remained the focal point of explorers, as shown, for example, by a survey of all the decrees that authorized... ReferencesBrasil. (2012). Balanço mineral brasileiro. Brasília, DF: Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral. Google Scholar Dutra, C. V. (2002). A geoquímica analítica em Minas Gerais: de Gorceix ao Geolab – A contribuição do ITI. Revista da Escola de Minas (REM), 55(3), 185–192.Article Google Scholar Ferreira, F. I. (1885). Diccionario geographico das minas do Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional. Google Scholar Figueirôa, S. F. de M. (1997). A formação das ciências geológicas no Brasil: uma história social e institucional. São Paulo: HUCITEC. Google Scholar Figueirôa, S. F. de M. (2007). Geological surveys in the tropics: The Brazilian experience. Earth Sciences History, 26(1), 151–171. Google Scholar Figueirôa, S. F. de M., Picanço, J. de L., & Mesquita, M. J. M. de. (2012). History of mining in Brazil: Some thoughts on training and sources. Earth Sciences History, 31(2),
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