xvii, 677 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-526) and index.
Contents
Noble savages -- From barter to slavery -- Origins and fantasies -- The first colonies -- The arrival of the Jesuits -- Antarctic France -- Disease and slavery -- The Potiguar -- The discovery of the Amazon -- Maranhao -- Anarachy on the Amazon -- The Bandeirantes -- Bandeirantes against the Jesuits -- The Dutch wars -- Antonio Vieira -- Cattle -- Gold -- Indian labour on the Amazon -- The Amazon frontier -- Pombal -- The expulsion of the Jesuits.
