TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE NORTHERN PROVINCES, AND THE GOLD AND DIAMOND DISTRICTS DURING THE YEARS 1836-1841.

Gardner F.L.S., George.

Published by Reeve Bros.,, 1849

About this Item

428 pp. Second edition; 428 pp.; vlater, marble boards with green cloth backstrip; original calf label, gilt, affixed to spine; fp. with tissue guard. Frontispiece; map. Binding tight; mild wear; internally lightly foxed. Gardner was the super-intendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Ceylon; traveled mostly through the gold and diamond districts of northeast Brazil 1836-1841. Quoting Borba 346: "Gardner arrived in Brazil in 1836 and remained there until 1841. He spent two years in Rio and the neighborhood, afterwards travelling to Pernambuco via Bahia, then beginning his long journey through the 'sertoes' of Ceara, Piauhi, Goyaz and MInas Geraes and returning to Rio. The great importance of his travels lies in the descriptions he gives of a region until then entirely unknown to European travellers. His book compares with the best of published works on the subject. Gardner was a botanist, and Director of the Botanical Garden of Ceylon until his death there in 1849, at the age of thirty-seven. Size: 8vo. 0.0. Seller Inventory # 5894

Bibliographic Details

Title: TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL, ...

Publisher: Reeve Bros.,

Publication Date: 1849

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition