Funchal, Angra and Ribeira Grande: Results of a Comparative Study About the Origin of Three Early Modern Atlantic Ports.

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Early Modern Seaports in the Context of Global Cities Emergency. Harbour, Maritime and Landscape Archaeology", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In this presentation the main goal is to show the final results of a study about the emergency of three insular port towns in Azores, Madeira and Cape Verd. This research is focused on a deeper knowledge about first experiences of insular colonization in Portuguese and English imperial contexts, using a comparative approach. Through an accurate analysis of landscapes, the objective is to understand the election process for the best places for port function. As a contribution to harbor studies, it will be presented an evolutionary matrix to each case study to understand how the different port spaces structures were established since their settlement and how they evolved. All structures and functioning were verified as well as all process of local adaptation to new geographies and their relationship with port functioning. This work is the result of a multidisciplinary approach between archaeology (nautical and terrestrial) iconographic, cartographic and historical sources.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Early Modern Seaports in the Context of Global Cities Emergency. Harbour, Maritime and Landscape Archaeology   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023

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