Publicado por Weidenfeld and Nicolson / The Orion Publishing Group, London, UK, 1993
ISBN 10: 0297812963 ISBN 13: 9780297812968
Librería: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Weidenfeld and Nicolson / The Orion Publishing Group, London, UK. 1993. Hardcover. Stated First Published in Great Britain in 1993. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped (£18.99). Black cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 187 pp 8vo. On 11 Aug 1821, the HMS Doris left Falmouth for Brazil under the command of CAPT Thomas Graham with the mission to safeguard British interests along the coast. He was accompanied by his wife, Maria, who kept a journal of her two years on ship. She wrote of storms, earthquakes, horseback journeys, illness, revolution and death, along with her observations of Brazil and Chile as they reached the point of winning independence from the colonial rule of Portugal and Spain. This journal offers a personal record of her adventures and a survey of historical events of the time. A clean very presentable copy.