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Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Amerika's zumal Brasiliens 2 Volume Paperback Set

Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Amerika's zumal Brasiliens 2 Volume Paperback Set

Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Amerika's zumal Brasiliens 2 Volume Paperback Set

Carl Friedrich Phillip von Martius
February 2010
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Multiple copy pack
9781108006453
$150.00
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Multiple copy pack
2 Paperback books

    Beiträge zur Ethnographie (1867) is Carl von Martius' colourful and personal memoir of his travels to Brazil in the years 1817–1820. Although better known as a botanist, Martius here ventures into the territory of ethnographic and linguistic studies, writing about the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Brazil.

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    February 2010
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108006453
    1366 pages
    323 × 250 × 70 mm
    1.8kg
    Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC

    Table of Contents

    • Volume I: Preface
    • 1. Die Vergangenheit und Zukunft der amerikanischen Menschheit
    • 2. Von dem Rechtszustande unter den Ureinwohnern Brasiliens
    • 3. Die indianischen Völkerschaften, Stämme und Horden in Brasilien und einigen benachbarten Gebieten, Land und Leute
    • Register
    • Volume II: Preface
    • Avertencia
    • Lingua Tupi
    • Glossaia aliarum aliquot linguarum.
      Author
    • Carl Friedrich Phillip von Martius