Um cartógrafo rebelde? José Joaquim da Rocha e a cartografia de Minas Gerais

Authors

  • Júnia Ferreira Furtado Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Departamento de História

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-47142009000200009

Keywords:

Cartography, José Joaquim da Rocha, Minas Gerais, History of cartography, Brazil as a colony, Inconfidência Mineira

Abstract

In 1789, the plans of a conspiracy to create an independent nation - known as Inconfidência Mineira - were disclosed and shook the Captaincy of Minas Gerais, which was the center of gold mining activity under the Portuguese Empire. José Joaquim da Rocha, a cartographer and member of the Portuguese armed forces, was suspected of taking part in the plot following accusations by some of the defendants that he had supplied maps of his own authorship to support the uprising. Notwithstanding his pleas of innocence, our analysis of five of his maps of that captaincy revealed that the geographic conformation of the colonial territory threatened the relationship of dependency between the colony and the metropolis.

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Published

2009-12-01

Issue

Section

Material Culture Studies

How to Cite

FURTADO, Júnia Ferreira. Um cartógrafo rebelde? José Joaquim da Rocha e a cartografia de Minas Gerais . Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, São Paulo, v. 17, n. 2, p. 155–187, 2009. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-47142009000200009. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/anaismp/article/view/5518.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.