History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, otherwise called America / Jean de Léry ; translation and introduction by Janet Whatley.

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Main Author: Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1990.
Series:Latin American literature and culture (Berkeley, Calif.) ; 6.
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Item Description:Translation of: Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil.
"Containing the navigation and the remarkable things seen on the sea by the author; the behavior of Villeganon in that country; the customs and strange ways of life of the American savages; together with the description of various animals, trees, plants, and other singular things completely unknown over here."
Physical Description:lxii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index.
ISBN:0520068491 (alk. paper)