History of Brazil

A three-volume history written by the poet and scholar Robert Southey (1774–1843), first published between 1810 and 1819.

Robert Southey (Author)

9781108052863, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 October 2012

974 pages, 2 maps
25.4 x 17.8 x 4.9 cm, 1.65 kg

Robert Southey (1774–1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843. As well as being distinguished in verse, he also produced successful historical works and was a noted scholar of Portuguese. Between 1810 and 1819 he published this influential three-volume history, drawing on his extensive collection of Portuguese and Spanish books. Originally intended to be part of a larger work on the history of Portugal, this project evolved to focus on Brazil, beginning with its discovery and colonisation by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century and concluding with the relocation of the Portuguese court to Brazil during the Peninsular War. Volume 3 covers the period from 1686 to 1808, when the seat of the Portuguese monarchy was moved from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. It concludes with a thorough review of the progress of Brazil in the eighteenth century.

Preface
31. Measures of Gomes Freyre at Maranham
32. First laws of the mines
33. Alarm of invasion at the Rio
34. Foundation of the town of Tarija
35. Antequera sent to Asumpcion as judge
36. D. Lourenco de Almeida governor of Minas Geraes
37. Growing importance of Montevideo
38. First cattle introduced into Paraguay
39. Characters of Ferdinand VI and his queen
40. Character of Pombal
41. Companies of Maranham and Pernambuco established
42. Zeballos recalled from the Plata
43. Praca dos Przeres destroyed
44. View of the state of Brazil
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]