History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, otherwise called America [electronic resource] : containing the navigation and the remark able things seen on the sea by the author; the behavior of Villegagnon in that country; the customs and strange ways of life of the American s avages; together with the description of various animals, trees, plants , and other singular things completely unknown over here / Jean de L éry ; translation and introduction by Janet Whatley.
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TextSeries: Latin American literature and culture ; 6 | ACLS Humanities E-Book | Latin American literature and culture (Berkeley, Calif.) ; 6.Publication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1992, c1990 .Edition: 1st pbk. printingDescription: lxii, 276 p. : ill. ; 23 cmUniform titles: - Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil. English
- Villegaignon, Nicolas Durand de, 1510-1571?
- Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611 -- Travel -- Brazil
- Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Social life and customs
- Tupinamba Indians -- Social life and customs
- Natural history -- Brazil
- Brazil -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Description and travel
Translation of: Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index.
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