Exploration of the Highlands of the Brazil
Author : Richard Francis Burton
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Page : 502 pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 1869
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Explorations of the highlands of the Brazil [ed. by I. Burton].
Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Page : 474 pages
File Size : 42,38 MB
Release : 1869
Category : Brazil
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Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil
Author : Richard Francis Burton
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Page : pages
File Size : 45,98 MB
Release : 1869
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Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil; with a full account of the gold and diamond mines. Also, Canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river São Francisco, from Sabará to the sea. [Edited by Isabel Lady Burton. With illustrations.]
Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Page : 498 pages
File Size : 16,29 MB
Release : 1869
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Nineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations and Empires, Part II vol 8
Author : Peter J Kitson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1000559009
Book Description
A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods.
Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil
Author : Richard Francis Burton
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Page : pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 1969
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Envisioning Brazil
Author : Marshall C. Eakin
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780299207700
Book Description
Envisioning Brazil is a comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States. Focusing on synthesis and interpretation and assessing trends and perspectives, this reference work provides an overview of the writings on Brazil by United States scholars since 1945. "The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States," provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities. "Perspectives from the Disciplines" surveys the various academic disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology, Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. "Counterpoints: Brazilian Studies in Britain and France" places the contributions of U.S. scholars in an international perspective. "Bibliographic and Reference Sources" offers a chronology of key publications, an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources, and a selective bibliography.
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
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Page : 430 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Geology
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Author : Theodore Roosevelt
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Page : 456 pages
File Size : 22,52 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Amazon River
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Literature of Travel and Exploration
Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3477 pages
File Size : 17,25 MB
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1135456623
Book Description
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
