History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil by Jean de Léry, Janet Whatley

History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil

Jean de Léry, Janet Whatley

340 pages first pub 1578 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced
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When the famous anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he had one book in his pocket: Jean de Léry's History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil. Léry had undertaken his fascinating and arduous voyage in 1556, as a youthful me...

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