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The Admirable Adventures and Strange Fortunes of Master Anthony Knivet: An English Pirate in Sixteenth-Century Brazil
By
Anthony Knivet and
Vivien Kogut Lessa De Sá (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date
September 30, 2015
Pages
230
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781107090910
ISBN-10
1107090911
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$99.99
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university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: This is the first critical edition of the original 1625 travel account by Anthony Knivet, an Englishman who spent nine years in Brazil in the last decade of the sixteenth century. His is the oldest extensive account of Brazil written by an Englishman, but despite its historical, geographical, and ethnographic relevance it has never merited an annotated (or even a separate) edition in English. This edition, which includes a detailed introduction and extensive notes, aims at enabling the English-speaking public to follow Knivet's compelling tale. The account describes Knivet's incredible adventures, experienced roughly between 1592 and 1601, which include working as a drudge for the governor of Rio de Janeiro, escaping into the hinterland to live with native tribes and joining in expeditions of conquest and gold-seeking. The story provides a unique insight into early colonial Brazil and the myriad of people occupying its territory: Portuguese settlers, mixed-race servants, Indians, slaves, and European travelers.
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9781107090910 | details & prices | 230 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.02 lbs | List price $99.99
About: This is the first critical edition of the original 1625 travel account by Anthony Knivet, an Englishman who spent nine years in Brazil in the last decade of the sixteenth century.
About: This is the first critical edition of the original 1625 travel account by Anthony Knivet, an Englishman who spent nine years in Brazil in the last decade of the sixteenth century.
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