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A journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz (PDF) Diary

A journey in Brazil  Excerpt from the diaries  April 2d, 1865. — Our first Sunday at sea. The weather is delicious, the ship as steady as anything on the water can be, and even the most forlorn of our party have little excuse for seasickness. We hav…

The History of Brazil (1836): Armitage’s Chronicle of a Young Empire (PDF)

The History of Brazil (1836) volume 1 History of Brazil  Armitage, a British historian, published this two‑volume work in 1836, only fourteen years after Brazil declared independence from Portugal (1822). His book is invaluable because it documents …