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Narrativa de serviços no libertar-se o Brazil da dominação portugueza
by Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of; (conde de Dundonald). Trad.: A. R. Saraiva
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Boards lightly rubbed, nick to rear edge, else a very good+ unopened (uncut) copy, scattered foxing, bookseller label on rear pa
- Seller
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East Jewett, New York, United States
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About This Item
Londrés: James Ridgway, 1859. First edition. Blue pebbled cloth paneled in blind, gilt titles on spine, yellow endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed, nick to rear edge, else a very good+ unopened (uncut) copy, scattered foxing, bookseller label on rear pastedown, one removed from front pastedown. A beautiful bright copy.. xv, 321 pp. 8vo. (23 cm). The Portuguese translation of the second volume of "Narrative of services on the liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil" by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860), the commander of the Chilean navy from 1818-1823, and of the Brazilian navy from 1823-1825. "Arrogant, ill-tempered, cantankerous, bellicose, Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful front-line frigate captains of his day.... [and he] and other British naval officers, entirely unofficially, had made a not inconsiderable contribution to the cause of Brazilian independence and, more important, Brazilian unity," Leslie Bethell, Brazil: Empire and Republic 1822-1930 (Cambridge Univ Press, 1989) p. 35-36. See Sabin 21274 (English Version). Phillips p. 34. Borba de Moraes I, 235.
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- Bookseller
- Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34935
- Title
- Narrativa de serviços no libertar-se o Brazil da dominação portugueza
- Author
- Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of; (conde de Dundonald). Trad.: A. R. Saraiva
- Format/Binding
- Blue pebbled cloth paneled in blind, gilt titles on spine, yellow endpapers
- Book Condition
- Used - Boards lightly rubbed, nick to rear edge, else a very good+ unopened (uncut) copy, scattered foxing, bookseller label on rear pa
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Ridgway
- Place of Publication
- Londrés
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- Brazil, , Latin America, South America, Brazil, Latin America, Latin Americana, Brazil, Brazilian History, BRASIL, HISTORIA, IMPERIO,
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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East Jewett, New York
About Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
Kaaterskill Books is located on Parker Mountain in the Catskill High Peaks region of New York State. We offer fine, rare, and unusual books and manuscripts in a variety of fields with special emphasis on the Americas.
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