| History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil: Volume 6 Contributor(s): De Lery, Jean (Author), Whatley, Janet (Translator), Whatley, Janet (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0520082745 ISBN-13: 9780520082748 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1993 Annotation: When the famous anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he had one book in his pocket: Jean de Lery's History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil. Lery had undertaken his fascinating and arduous voyage in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. Janet Whatley presents the first complete English translation of one of the most vivid European accounts of life in the New World. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 918.104 |
| LCCN: 90033487 |
| Series: Latin American Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.01" W x 8.97" (1.06 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When the famous anthropologist Claude L vi-Strauss arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he had one book in his pocket: Jean de L ry's History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil. L ry had undertaken his fascinating and arduous voyage in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. Janet Whatley presents the first complete English translation of one of the most vivid early European accounts of life in the New World. |