TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE NORTHERN PROVINCES AND THE GOLD AND DIAMOND DISTRICTS. During the Years 1836 -1841.

Gardner, George

Verlag: REEVE, BROTHERS, 1846

Beschreibung

8vo (220 x 145mm.) 562pp.(neat blind stamp to title), lithographed map, one lithographed frontispiece plate, contemporary calf [lightly rubbed]. Book-plate. "Gardner arrived in Brazil in 1836 and remained there until 1841. He spent two years in Rio and the neighbourhood, afterwards travelling to Pernambuco via Bahia, then beginning his long journey through the 'sertoes' of Ceará, Piauhi, Goyaz and Minas Geraes and returning to Rio. The great importance of his travels lies in the descriptions he gives of a region until then entirely unknown to European travellers. His book compares with the best of published works on the subject" (Borba de Moraes). Sabin 26645. Good Copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 851

Bibliografische Details

Titel: TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL, ...

Verlag: REEVE, BROTHERS

Erscheinungsdatum: 1846

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition