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Author Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611.

Title History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, otherwise called America / Jean de Léry ; translation and introduction by Janet Whatley
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1990

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Description 1 online resource
Series Latin American literature and culture ; 6
Latin American literature and culture (Berkeley, Calif.) ; 6.
Notes Translation of: Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil
"Containing the navigation and the remarkable things seen on the sea by the author; the behavior of Villeganon in that country; the customs and strange ways of life of the American savages; together with the description of various animals, trees, plants, and other singular things completely unknown over here."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-267) and index
Subject Villegaignon, Nicolas Durand de, 1510-1571?
Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611 -- Travel -- Brazil
Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611.
Villegaignon, Nicolas Durand de, 1510-1571?
Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Social life and customs
Tupinamba Indians -- Social life and customs
Natural history -- Brazil
Indians of South America -- Social life and customs.
Natural history.
Travel.
Tupinamba Indians -- Social life and customs.
Brazil -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Description and travel.
Brazil.
Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.
Genre/Form Early works.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0520068491
9780520068490
Other Titles Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil. English