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History of Brazil

Robert Southey

(Cambridge library collection, . Latin American studies)

Cambridge University Press, 2012

  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 3 : pbk

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Vol. 1. Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, paternoster-Row, 1810

Vol. 3. Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, paternoster-Row, 1819

Includes bibliographical refefences and index

Description and Table of Contents
Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108052849

Description

Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843. As well as being distinguished in verse, he also produced successful historical works and was a noted scholar of Portuguese. Between 1810 and 1819 he published this influential three-volume history, drawing on his extensive collection of Portuguese and Spanish books. Originally intended to be part of a larger work on the history of Portugal, this project evolved to focus on Brazil, beginning with its discovery and colonisation by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century and concluding with the relocation of the Portuguese court to Brazil during the Peninsular War. Volume 1 begins with the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese in 1500 and covers the events up to 1639. This includes the attempts of the French and Dutch to colonise Brazil, and the attempts of the Jesuits to convert the indigenous people.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Pinzon discovers the coast of Brazil
  • 2. Voyage of Pinzon and Solis
  • 3. Voyage of Sebastian Cabot
  • 4. Expedition of Diego de Ordas
  • 5. Cabeza de Vaca succeeds Mendoza
  • 6. Expedition of Hernando de Ribera
  • 7. Hans Stade sails with Senabria for Paraguay
  • 8. Thome de Sousa appointed governor general of Brazil
  • 9. D. Duarte da Costa governor
  • 10. Luiz de Vasconcellos appointed governor
  • 11. Disputes on the frontier of Brazil
  • 12. The French driven from Paraiba
  • 13. Attempts on the side of Maranham
  • 14. Establishment of a West Indian Company in Holland
  • 15. Camp of Bom Jesus formed
  • 16. Emigration from Pernambuco
  • 17. St Jorge da Mina attacked and taken by the Dutch
  • 18. Affairs of Maranham
  • Notes.
Volume

v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9781108052863

Description

Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843. As well as being distinguished in verse, he also produced successful historical works and was a noted scholar of Portuguese. Between 1810 and 1819 he published this influential three-volume history, drawing on his extensive collection of Portuguese and Spanish books. Originally intended to be part of a larger work on the history of Portugal, this project evolved to focus on Brazil, beginning with its discovery and colonisation by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century and concluding with the relocation of the Portuguese court to Brazil during the Peninsular War. Volume 3 covers the period from 1686 to 1808, when the seat of the Portuguese monarchy was moved from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. It concludes with a thorough review of the progress of Brazil in the eighteenth century.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 31. Measures of Gomes Freyre at Maranham
  • 32. First laws of the mines
  • 33. Alarm of invasion at the Rio
  • 34. Foundation of the town of Tarija
  • 35. Antequera sent to Asumpcion as judge
  • 36. D. Lourenco de Almeida governor of Minas Geraes
  • 37. Growing importance of Montevideo
  • 38. First cattle introduced into Paraguay
  • 39. Characters of Ferdinand VI and his queen
  • 40. Character of Pombal
  • 41. Companies of Maranham and Pernambuco established
  • 42. Zeballos recalled from the Plata
  • 43. Praca dos Przeres destroyed
  • 44. View of the state of Brazil
  • Notes
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BB11649804
  • ISBN
    • 9781108052849
    • 9781108052863
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    v.
  • Size
    26 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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