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Record Nr.

UNISA996248087903316

Autore

Léry Jean de <1534-1611.>

Titolo

History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, otherwise called America [[electronic resource] ] : containing the navigation and the remarkable things seen on the sea by the author; the behavior of Villegagnon in that country; the customs and strange ways of life of the American savages; together with the description of various animals, trees, plants, and other singular things completely unknown over here / / Jean de Léry ; translation and introduction by Janet Whatley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 1992, c1990

ISBN

0-520-08274-5

Edizione

[1st pbk. printing]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lxii, 276 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

Latin American literature and culture ; ; 6

Disciplina

918.104/3

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Brazil - Social life and customs

Tupinamba Indians - Social life and customs

Natural history - Brazil

Indians of South America - Social life and customs - Brazil

Tupinamba Indians - Social life and customs - Brazil

Natural history

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Latin America

Brazil Description and travel Early works to 1800

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index.