A Journey in Brazil
A Travel Journal of Rio de Janeiro, Manaus, the Amazon River and Rainforests, Featuring Brazilian History, Food, Culture and the Native South Americans (Hardcover)
Louis Agassiz sheds insight into Brazil's history: his travels took place in the 1860s, when the country was undergoing great change as an Empire and grappling with its this development.The author offers accounts of a Brazil now lost to time; observations of the urban culture and life, and the natural habitat of the countryside and forests, offer immense insight into the era. Most of the text is written as a narrative diary, wherein Agassiz observes and describes traversing colonial-era Rio de Janeiro, the city of Manaus, the Amazon river, various villages, and the vast rainforests.As a zoologist, Agassiz's interest in the wildlife present in…
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- ISBN: 978-0-359-02840-5
- EAN: 9780359028405
- Produktnummer: 29104029
- Verlag: Lulu.com
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 268 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.0 cm 569 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 569
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