Sugar, Gold, and Coffee; Essays on the History of Brazil based on Francis Hull's Books

1959

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Year of publication

1959

Place of printing

Ithaca, New York. Cornell University

Author

Reichmann, Felix

Edition

First edition.

Keyword

Travel - South America Signed

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xxiii, 160 pp, frontis portrait of Francis Reginald Hull, 24 illustrations from early sources, including some full-page, maps, title pages, bibliog. original grey cloth, gilt spine title lettering, pictorial endpapers, fine and clean condition, inscribed and signed by the author. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Colonel Hull's books on Brazil, based on a lifetime of collecting and living in Brazil, provide one of the best library's on the subject. The author uses this library to describe the history of Brazil, with excellent illustrations from the books. From the early exploration and discovery, colonization, sugar, coffee growing, relation to other countries including England, France, Netherlands, Germany, piracy, the search for, El Dorado, diamonds, the Jesuits, Pedro, etc, with an appendix.