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Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823

Lady Maria Callcott

Paperback

Travel GeneralGeographySouth American History

ISBN10: 9354020062
ISBN13: 9789354020063
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 25 2020
Pages: 346
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Brazil at the hinge of empire. A British eye witnesses a nation redefining itself. History is happening in daylight. In Journal of a Voyage to Brazil and Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823, Lady Maria Callcott offers a complete historical travelogue written with the immediacy of a historical travel journal and the poise of a classic travel memoir. Moving through the Brazil 1820s, she records what a newcomer could see and learn: the rhythms of Rio de Janeiro society, the pressures and promises of the Brazilian independence era, and the textures of life shaped by colonial Brazil history as it shifts toward the imperial Brazil period. It is classic travel writing collection material, vivid without embellishment, and invaluable to readers who want people and places, not hindsight. Her tone stays alert and humane, attentive to manners, weather, commerce, and ceremony, noting how authority is performed and contested in streets and drawing rooms alike, day by day. As one of the most readable primary source travel accounts of its moment, Callcott's narrative stands beside the best South America exploration narratives, offering context that still rewards Latin American history readers today. Collectors of classic travel writing will value its original voice and period perspective; casual readers will be pulled along by the sharp observations and quick turns of thought. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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