History of Brazil 3 Volume Set

Robert Southey (Autor)

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2394 Seiten

2012
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-05287-0 (ISBN)

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Romantic poet Robert Southey (1774–1843) was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843. He was also a noted Portuguese scholar and between 1810 and 1819 published this influential three-volume work. It charts Brazil's history from its discovery by the Portuguese in 1500 to 1808, when the Portuguese court relocated to Rio de Janeiro.

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: 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 2: Preface; 19. The revolution in Portugal announced to Nassau; 20. Union proposed between the East and West Indian Companies; 21. Retreat of the Dutch; 22. Attempt to assassinate Fernandes; 23. The bishop of Tucuman invites Jesuits from Brazil and Para; 24. System of the Jesuits in Paraguay; 25. Cardenas bishop of Paraguay; 26. Maranham in a worse state than the older captaincies; 27. Vidal takes possession of the government; 28. Barreto governor general; 29. Affairs of Maranham; 30. Boundaries of Maranham; Notes. Volume 3: 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.

Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	4084 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-108-05287-8 / 1108052878
ISBN-13	978-1-108-05287-0 / 9781108052870
Zustand	Neuware