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Livres anciens et modernes

Reichmann, Felix

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

1959

57,34 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1959
Lieu d'édition
Ithaca, New York. Cornell University
Auteur
Reichmann, Felix
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - South America Signed
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

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.