[OC] Sugarcane was first introduced to Brazil in 1532. Half a millennium later, the country produces over 700M tonnes yearly (roughly the same amount as all of Asia, and 7x the amount produced by Africa) Submitted by latinometrics t3_10z0y3g 2 years ago in dataisbeautiful 66 comments 1,163
Duo_Decimal t1_j8243ua wrote 2 years ago “In America Brazil, first you get the sugar. Then you get the power. Then you get the women.” Permalink −1−
[OC] Sugarcane was first introduced to Brazil in 1532. Half a millennium later, the country produces over 700M tonnes yearly (roughly the same amount as all of Asia, and 7x the amount produced by Africa)
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