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MAWE, JOHN. Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Particularly in the Gold and Diamond Districts of that Country. Engraved map and 7 plates. 4to,
MAWE, JOHN. Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Particularly in the Gold and Diamond Districts of that Country. Engraved map and 7 plates. 4to, diced russia with gilt borders, rebacked in modern brown morocco gilt, edges of original boards scuffed; endpapers renewed; usual strong foxing. London, 1812
- Notes: first english edition. This is the first account, in English, of the wealth of mines and material in Brazil, as well as a reliable account of Brazil under Portuguese colonization. The plates show images of gold and diamond mining machinery, crystal drawings, and more. The frontispiece image of negroes washing diamonds under the supervision of a Brazilian-Portuguese appeared in most subsequent publications. Sinkankas 4270.
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