TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL, Principally Through the Northern Provinces, and the Gold and Diamond Districts, During the Years 1836-1841.

Gardner, George.

Published by Reeve, Bros., 1849

About this Item

428 pp. Second edition; later, marble boards with green cloth backstrip; original calf label, gilt, affixed to spine; fp. with tissue guard. One aquatint frontispiece; map. Binding tight; mild wear; internally lightly foxed. See additional images provided. Gardner was the superintendent 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL, Principally Through the Northern Provinces, and the Gold and Diamond Districts, During the Years 1836-1841.
• Publisher: Reeve, Bros.
• Publication Date: 1849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Near Fine