GARDNER, GEORGE.

Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Principally throughout the Northern Provinces and the Gold and Diamond Districts during the Years 1836-1841. Frontispiece and one map. 8vo, 19th century 1/2 calf gilt, rubbed and faded; short clean tear to top of title-page. London, 1846 first edition. Gardner, botanist and Director of the Botanical Garden of Ceylon, encouraged by William Hooker, spent five years in Brazil, travelling to Pernambuco via Bahia, then beginning his long journey through Ceara, Piauhi, Goyaz and Minas Geraes and returning to Rio. He describes a region until then entirely unknown to European travellers. Sabin 26645. Welch 38.