Portuguese gold from Brazil.
Portuguese gold from Brazil. Gold was discovered in the Portuguese colony of Minas Gerais in 1692-4, leading to the development of gold mining in the region. Massive quantities of gold were exported to Europe from the early 1700s. This fuelled the Atlantic slave trade. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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