0855-22 KIDDER, Daniel P[arish] Sketches of residence and travels in Brazil, embracing historical and geographcal notices of the empire and its several provinces. EA.; Sabin 37708; Nicht bei Henze - Erstausgabe der Reisebeschreibung des amerikanischen Methodisten Daniel Parish Kidder (1815-1891), der einige Jahre als Missionar in Brasilien lebte und das Land erkundete. Er bemerkt im Vorwort:"Hithero no work exclusively on Brazil, has issued from the American press. Respecting no other country of equal extent and importance, are our means of information so limited. [...] nor is there any one, the writer of which personally visited morethan two or three of the eighteen provinces of the Empire." (Preface). | |||||