Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
(imposto) da guarda das naus
English translation:
guard tax
Added to glossary by
lexical
Jan 30, 2009 17:21
15 yrs ago
Portuguese term
(imposto) da guarda das naus
Portuguese to English
Social Sciences
History
18th century Brazil
This is a real long shot because there are only 6 Google results, all unhelpful. But perhaps someone will have a suggestion.
Here's the context: "O período 1725-26 corresponde à chegada, em maior escala, dos grandes negociantes reinóis na América em razão do ouro das Minas, a diminuição do poder das antigas famílias de potentados rurais no Rio de Janeiro diante do avanço da Monarquia no maior controle sobre a arrematação dos impostos (Alfandega e **da guarda das naus**) ..."
A century earlier in England, there was a Ship Tax; I just mention this in passing.
Here's the context: "O período 1725-26 corresponde à chegada, em maior escala, dos grandes negociantes reinóis na América em razão do ouro das Minas, a diminuição do poder das antigas famílias de potentados rurais no Rio de Janeiro diante do avanço da Monarquia no maior controle sobre a arrematação dos impostos (Alfandega e **da guarda das naus**) ..."
A century earlier in England, there was a Ship Tax; I just mention this in passing.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | (tax) of the guard of naus | Floriana Leary |
4 | Ships´watchman tax | suesimons |
Change log
Feb 3, 2009 12:10: lexical Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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(tax) of the guard of naus
I went back to my son's 18th portuguese history notes and books and this was a tax that they paid to have the ship Nau guarded or protected. Hope this helped
Note from asker:
Hello Floriana, this is just what I'd hoped for - that someone would have a Portuguese history book to refer to. Is there a chance that you can add a note to your answer with a brief extract from the book (in Portuguese) describing this tax ? |
Floriana, are you sure you don't want to substantiate your answer with a quote from your son's history book? If not, I'm minded to close this answer without awarding any points, since I have found the answer elsewhere. |
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for the idea, Floriana, which corroborates what I discovered in the meantime."
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Ships´watchman tax
I imagine they had to pay a security guard/guard/watchman a tax for looking after their ship/s. Something like that....
Discussion
"Among other taxes, Alden mentions the creation of a quinto (fifth) on cattle hides at the end of the 17th century, the collection of a 10% ad valorem tax on imports between 1699 and 1719 established by maritime municipalities to support local military garrisons, a **guard tax** levied by the municipality of Rio de Janeiro for the
“maintenance of the guard ship off the Brazilian littoral.”
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:xvHh56MM14gJ:www.econ.p...
Page 15, footnote
This seems to corroborate what Floriana was saying.