TRAVELS IN SOUTH AMERICA DURING THE YEARS 1819-20-21, Containing an Account of the Present State of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile. TWO VOLUMES.

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373 pp.; 380 pp. First edition, first printing. Later, full paneled, tan calf; decorative gilt covers, spine, and extremities; marble edges; marble endpapers; dark blue, silk, page markers; two folding hand-colored maps; seven uncolored aquatint plates (including two views of Rio) and one hand-colored aquatint frontis in vol. I. Binding near fine, joints and extremities lightly rubbed; bookplate remains both vols.; text near fine, light foxing throughout. See additional images provided. Appendices with meteorological observations, an abstract of the Project of Constitution, August, 1823, ship traffic and schedules, and mercantile ledgers and accounts. Quoting Borba 144: "Caldcleugh came to Brazil as private secretary to the British Ambassador, Edward Thornton. From October, 1819, until 1821 he lived in Rio, and from there travelled to Argentina and Chile. His return journey again took him through Brazil, and this time he visited Minas Geraes which he describes on pp. 178-288 of the second volume. Caldcleugh's work has great documentary value. An excellent and impartial observer, he describes Rio de Janeiro with great accuracy, and studies the social, agricultural, financial, and political situations in Brazil. The part referring to the mines in Minas Geraes is of great interest. The first volume contains two very beautiful views of Rio de Janeiro." Many descriptions of villages and towns, mining, nature and life in the southern cone in the early 19th century. Size: 8vo. 0.0. N° de ref. del artículo 3434

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