525 pp. 4th printing (1st printing, 1903). Green buckram with gilt stamped front cover and spine; frontispiece with tissue guard; three fold-out maps. Binding tight; boards clean; no dust jacket; a fine copy. Quoting the text, p. 306: The exuberance of life in Brazil must be seen to be realised. The early voyagers related the wonder and admiration which they felt. Amerigo Vespucci said that if Paradise did exist on this planet it could not be far from the Brazilian coast. Agassiz believed that the future centre of the civilisation of the world would be in the Amazon valley. The plants useful for food, and in industry, commerce, and medicine, are innumerable. Nowhere except in Ceylon does the palm flourish so. There are more plants indigenous to Brazil than to any other country, and many species, like coffee, transplanted there have doubled in productiveness. Indian corn and mandioc were already cultivated by the Indians when Cabral landed, and both upland and lowland rice grew wild. The soil lends itself kindly to any kind of culture, and in most cases two crops may be reaped annually. In a word the subsoil, the soil, the atmosphere, the forests, and the waters of Brazil are teeming with life and full of potential wealth?too much so, perhaps for the most wholesome development of the human race. Size: 20 x 14 cm. 0.0. Seller Inventory # 2141

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Title: THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS. The Story of ...

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons,

Publication Date: 1910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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