Turtles, indians and settlers: Podocnemis expansa exploitation and the Portuguese settlement in eighteenth-century Amazonia

ABSTRACT During the eighteenth century, Portuguese settlers in Amazonia captured thousands of turtles and crushed millions of their eggs. These turtles, especially the Giant South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa), gave these settlers two essential resources: meat and oil. Though there is a...

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Main Authors: Christian Fausto Moraes dos Santos, Marlon Marcel Fiori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2020-08-01
Series:Topoi
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-101X2020000200350&tlng=en
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