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First published in 2006. This work introduced Brazil to the English-speaking world when it was first published in 1857, and it is the best early account of the country written in English. Fletcher and Kidder were both missionaries in Brazil, K1ader living there between 1837 and 1840, and Fletcher some twenty years later. Although they were not in Brazil at the same time, they subsequently collaborated on this book, supplementing their direct experiences of the country by interviewing leading citizens, and by using material drawn from Documents of the Imperial and provincial archives of Brazil, and from Brazilian state papers. The work therefore benefits from two different viewpoints, and fro...
A salesman's sample book for this publication, starting with the publisher's advertisement for it (used as the t.p.) and with all the ills., the brown cloth binding of the published version, none of the text, but approx. 50 p. of lined paper, ready to sign up subscribers (this part unmarked). A [12]-p. prospectus for William Elder's biography of Elisha Kent Kane is also tipped in at end.
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