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Empires and Exploration: Richard Francis Burton's Travels in Brazil

Empires and Exploration: Richard Francis Burton's Travels in Brazil

Eakin, Marshall C.

Paperback

Series: Pitt Latin American

General Political ScienceSouth AmericaSouth American History

ISBN10: 0822967855
ISBN13: 9780822967859
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Dec 16 2025
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.34
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.12 Depth: 8.84
Language: English
Empires and Explorations interweaves nineteenth-century Brazilian history, the extraordinary life of Richard Francis Burton, and the use of travel writing by historians. Burton witnessed the origins of the early processes of nation-building in Brazil, including the power and influence of Great Britain on the Brazilian monarchy that had declared its independence in the 1820s. A seasoned explorer of South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, Burton provided a panoramic view of Brazil, highlighting the obstacles created by region, race, class, religion, and culture and offered advice on how to build a nation from the perspective of an iconoclastic Victorian Englishman. Marshall C. Eakin follows Burton's path and reflects on how the landscape, character, and identity of Brazil have evolved.

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