Abstract

DAMIAO RODRIGUES, José Manuel. Science, Travel, and Territory Control: The Case of Brazil in the Second Half of the 18th Century. memorias [online]. 2015, n.25, pp.1-33. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.25.1.6848.

In this article, we want to analise the relationship between knowledge and power, science and imperial administration, taking Brazil as a case study, and specifically the case of the Amazon basin in the second half of the eighteenth century. Our aim is to show that, despite the changes in the administrative geography, the reforms, the scientific voyages and the production of information concerning the colonies' fauna, flora and mineralogy, several obstacles to knowledge and control of the territories in the borderlands of European empires continued to exist.

Keywords : Brazil; Amazon; territory; administracao; science; reforms.

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