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A Journey in Brazil
Louis Agassiz and Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz
Louis Agassiz sails to Brazil to collect the fishes of the Amazon and finds a whole tropical world. From Rio de Janeiro up the coast to Para and into the great river, this journal blends natural history with vivid travel through nineteenth-century Brazil. A famous naturalist abroad at the height of his powers. Steam up the Amazon in search of new life.
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29 chapters
- 1A JOURNEY IN BRAZIL.
- 2PREFACE.
- 3TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 4APPENDIX.
- 5LIST OF WOODCUTS.
- 6CHAPTER I. VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO RIO DE JANEIRO.
- 7CHAPTER II. RIO DE JANEIRO AND ITS ENVIRONS.—JUIZ DE FORA.
- 8CHAPTER III. LIFE IN RIO CONTINUED.—FAZENDA LIFE.
- 9CHAPTER IV. VOYAGE UP THE COAST TO PARÁ.
- 10CHAPTER V. FROM PARÁ TO MANAOS.
- 11CHAPTER VI. LIFE AT MANAOS.—VOYAGE FROM MANAOS TO TABATINGA.
- 12CHAPTER VII. LIFE IN TEFFÉ.
- 13CHAPTER VIII. RETURN TO MANAOS.—AMAZONIAN PICNIC.
- 14CHAPTER IX. MANAOS AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD.
- 15CHAPTER X. EXCURSION TO MAUHES AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD.
- 16CHAPTER XI. RETURN TO MANAOS.—EXCURSION ON THE RIO NEGRO.—LEAVE MANAOS.
- 17CHAPTER XII. DESCENDING THE RIVER TO PARÁ.—EXCURSIONS ON THE COAST.
- 18CHAPTER XIII. PHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE AMAZONS.
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