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Herrera, J. F. de la Riva, appointed to one of the new governments of the reductions, iii. 614. Hervas, Francisco, with a party of Jesuits ascends the Paraguay, iii. 174; attached to the Payaguas, 175; peace made with them broken, 177. Heyne, Peter, admiral of the Dutch expedition against Brazil, i. 440; his expedition against Angola, 444; his exploit at Bahia, 456. Hides, from Buenos Ayres, first sent to Europe, i. 349; notice on the early importation of, from Brazil, 649. Hierocracy of the

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Belem, ib.; expenditure, 635; iron in Maranham, 636; mortality among the Indians, 638; their horror of slavery, 639; colonists dependant upon their labour, 642; fallacious defence of slavery, 644; wild produce, 645; cultivated produce, 647; distress of the settlers, ib.; note on the reconquest of, 695; propensity of the people to lying, 708; measures of Gomes Freyre at, iii. 1; monopoly abolished, 2; general distress in, 3; way explored to Bahia, 5; expedition from Belem against the savages on

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. 412. Nandu, the ostrich of South America, ornaments made of its plumes, i. 643. Napo, river, voyage of Missionaries from Quito, down, i. 581. Nassau, Karel, killed at Porto Calvo, i. 533. Nassau, Jan Mauritz, Count de, sent out General to Brazil, i. 528; his measures, 529; marches against Porto Calvo, 530; pursues Bagnuolo to the San Francisco, 533; erects Fort Mauritz, 536; his wise measures, 538; sends an expedition to St. Jorge da Mina, 545; takes Seara, 547; his preparations against Bahia

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Penoquin, a dialect of the Chiquitos, iii. 169, note. Penrose, extract on the defeat in La Plata, from his poems, iii. 562, note. Pepper, cultivation of, in Bahia, iii. 797. Peralta, appointed Judge Conservator to the Jesuits in Paraguay, ii. 437: sentence passed on the bishop, 441. Peramas, his anecdotes of the Jesuit Ignatius Morro, iii. 605, note; describes the seizure of the Jesuits at Cordoba, 609, note. Pereira, Duarte Coelho, obtains the Captaincy of Pernambuco, i. 44. Pereyra de Mello

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loyalists roused by his designs, 98; a counter-revolution in, 99; increase of its population, 769; destitute of inns and lodging-houses 772. Recolhimento, founded at Bahia, iii. 151; such an institution desirable in England, ib. Reconcave, of Bahia, revolutions in the, i. 42; ravages of the small pox in, 294; force of, in 1581, 317; sugar works in, 318; laid waste by the Dutch, i. 574; ravaged by Schoppe, ii. 206. Reconcave, of the Rio de Janeiro, its advantages for commerce, iii. 817. Rede, or

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, appointed to one of the two governments of Brazil, i. 311. Salivas, tribe of, on the Orinoco, never rear, twins, i. 645. Salt, great distress from the want of, in Mato Grosso, iii. 361; observations on that produced by certain shrubs, 892. Salt contract, obtained by the Whaling Company of Brazil, iii. 554; abolished, 686. Salt-mines, in Bahia, opened and abandoned, iii. 23. Salt trade, from Pilam Arcado to Minas Geraes, iii. 791. Salvador, F. Manoel do, protests against a breach of faith by the Dutch

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,iii. 528; signs in the Sertoens indicatingthe vicinity of savages, 747; state of its inhabitants in the eighteenth century, 773; trade, 775; itinerant priests, 776; improvement of manners, 777; Sertoens of Bahia, 802; ways opened into Goyaz through the Sertoens of Cuyaba, Minas Geraes, Bahia, and Pernambuco, 835. Seven Reductions, cession of, by Spain to Portugal, iii. 448; sullen acquiescence of the inhabitants, 452; insurrection at S. Nicolas, 455; emigration from S. Miguel, begun, 456; revolt

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Vasconcellos, Luis Aranha de, cited respecting the Tapuyas, i. 378, note; appointed to explore the Orellana, i. 435. Vasconcellos, Miguel de, misfortune occasioned to the Portugueze squadron through his measures, i. 571. Vasconcellos e Sousa, Pedro de, Governor General of Brazil, iii. 126; yields to the demands of the insurgents in Bahia, 128. Vaux, Des, his project for colonizing the isle of Maranham, i. 393. Vaz, Lopez, cited on the English expeditions to Brazil, i. 356, note. Vegetable wax

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Bahia, 34; a new star appears at the moment of his death, 884; extraordinary event after his exequies at Lisbon, ib.; extract from one of his sermons, on the evils resulting from the discovery of gold and diamonds, 896. Vilhena, his embassy to Recife, ii. 4. Villa da Barra do Rio Grande, its population and trade, iii. 791. Villa Bella, capital of Mato Grosso, founded, iii. 572; decline of its trade with Para, 838. Villa Boa, capital of Goyaz, iii. 834. Villa Franca, town of, on the Tapajos, iii

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The Tupiniquins 39 Captaincy of the Ilheos 40 Bahia 41 Revolutions in the Reconcave 42 Expulsion of Coutinho 43 Pernambuco 44 The Cahetes ib. The Tobayares 45 Hans Stade arrives in Brazil 46 Siege of Garassu or Iguara u ib. Expedition of Aires da Cunha, and the sons of Barres to Maranham 48 CHAPTER III. Voyage of Sebastian Cabot. He names the river Plata, and remains there five years. D. Pedro de Mendoza obtains a grant of the conquest. Foundation of Buenos Ayres. War with the Quirandies

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Preparations against Bahia 549 Bagnuolo marches to S. Salvador ib. Exploit of Souto 550 The Dutch enter the Bay 551 Tumults in the City ib. Four of the Forts surrendered 553 Pedro da Sylva resigns the command to Bagnuolo ib. Exchange of prisoners 554 Consternation of the townsmen ib. The City well supplied 555 The Dutch open their batteries ib. Letters intercepted 556 Battle in the trenches, and death of Souto 557 Cruelty of the Dutch 558 They raise the siege 559 Representations of Nassau to

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presumptuous folly of the Commander, for which he prays God to give him his reward23. 21 It is remarkable that Vespucci still calls it an Island, though he had previously discovered such a prodigious length of coast. 22 This should seem to be Bahia, .. though that discovery is afterwards ascribed to Christovam Jaques. 23 Simple drowning then he did not think punishment sufficient. There can be little doubt that the Commander of whom he speaks with so much asperity was Gonzalo Coelho. He went in 1503

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. Tourinho's expedition in search of mines. The Governor of Bahia meantime directed his attention towards making discoveries inland. An opinion prevailed that there were mines of precious stones in the interior of the Captaincy of Porto Seguro, where it bordered upon Espirito Santo. Sebastiam Fernandes Tourinho was sent with a party of adventurers to ascertain this. They went up the river Doce, and having travelled westward for about three months3, sometimes by 2 Salema wrote an account of this

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men towards their Prince, restored him without any harm. Hakluyt: Vol. 3. P. 700. Purchas. L. 6. C. 4. P. 1179: About 1540 the commodious and gainful voyage to Brazil was ordinarily and usually frequented by M. Robert Reniger, M. Thomas Borey, and divers other substantial and wealthy merchants of Southampton. One Pudsey of the same place is said to have made a voyage to Bahia in 1542, and to have built a fort not far distant from it. Hakluyt. V. 3. 701. [page] 35

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Destruction of the Savages 566 Discovery and conquest of Piauhi 567 River Parnaiba 568 Search for mines ib. Death of the Governor 569 Three persons appointed to succeed him ib. Three Bishopricks erected 570 A Nunnery established in Bahia ib. Reque da Costa, Governor 571 Question respecting the boundary of Brasil 572 Foundation of Nova Colonia ib. Alarm of the Spaniards ib. Reconnoitering parties sent from the Reductions 573 The Guaranies capture the crew of a shipwrecked vessel 574 The

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, .. and with as much truth in the one case as in the other. Vieyra says, refero com alguma esperan o este exemplo, porque elle foy o que me fez religioso. 5 His determination towards the Company was probably influenced by a ircumstance which occurred to him in early childhood. F. Fernando Cardim, at that time Provincial in Brazil, and Rector of the College at Bahia, was a frequent visitor at his father's house: and he is said, one day when the boy was dangerously ill, to have assured his parents that

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order, so incompatible with their system and with the well being of their hierocratic commonwealth, was revoked. Meantime reinforcements from Recife and Bahia arrived at the Rio on their way to Nova Colonia; but tidings of its capture had arrived before them. The dispute was now transferred to the Cabinets of Madrid and Lisbon, .. whither indeed it ought to have been referred before the blood was shed. Neither government was desirous of war, and it was agreed that the question should be decided

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, whereas there were nearly hundred in Brazil; each, according to him, averaging 100,00 arrobas annually. The largest Engenhos in Pernambuco rarely make above 100 chests of about 50 arrobas each; in Bahia the Engenhos are larger, but Pyrard's average, I am assured, must be beyond the mark. There is very possibly an error in the press of 100,000 for 10,000; errors of this kind are so common, that it is more reasonable to impute carelessness to the printer than exaggeration to the writer, where no

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the Rio. There was a settlement at Cabo Frio, which bore the name of city, .. one of the many abortive ones of the new world. When the Papel Forte was written, it had a fort without men, some dozen Portugueze inhabitants, and one Indian village. The population of Rio de Janeiro at the same time, is stated at two thousand five hundred, with a garrison of about six hundred. In this respect it approached nearly to Bahia, but the city was very inferior24 in beauty, and habitations were more thinly25

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emigration 65 D. Rodrigo da Costa Governor 66 Disputes concerning Nova Colonia ib. War with Spain, and siege of Nova Colonia 67 The Portugueze evacuate the place 68 Luiz Cesar de Menezes Governor 69 Exemplary conduct of the Archbishop of Bahia 70 Fernam Carrilho Governor pro tempore at Para 71 D. Manoel Rolim Governor of Maranham ib. Disputes with the Ouvidor ib. Misconduct of the Capitam Mor 72 Jealousy in the Mines between the Paulistas and the Forasteiros 73 The Forasteiros chuse Manoel Nunes

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memorial against the Governor 518 Regulations concerning the Indians 522 Charges against the Jesuits presented to the Pope 536 A Visitor and Reformer of the Company appointed 537 Mandate of the Visitor concerning the trade of the Jesuits ib. Attempt to assassinate the King of Portugal 540 The Jesuits condemned as accomplices 541 They are deported from Para and Maranham ib. Conduct of the Archbishop of Bahia 543 Different conduct of the Bishop of the Rio 545 Fate of the Brazilian Jesuits 546 CHAPTER

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watering and refitting, but in reality for the purpose of smuggling. She was seized and condemned by a sentence of the Supreme Court at Bahia. The Middleburg Company, who were the owners, demanded restitution: and this the King promised, whenever the West India Company would indemnify his subjects for certain ships which they had seized, on a pretext that they were trading within the limits of the Dutch possessions in Africa. Four millions of florins were claimed by Portugal upon this ground. The

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. One of the vessels in which Harcourt carried out his colony to Guiana (1608,) was a shallop of only nine tons, carrying four men! His other vessels were a pinnace of six and thirty tons, and a ship of fourscore. Harl. Misc. 8vo. v. 3, 176. 2. Clipt Money, p. 22.] Antonio Luiz says in his memorial, that in the city of Bahia alone the quantity of clipt money, when it was cried down, amounted to 900,000 cruzados; and this loss came upon the people at a time when by reason of bad years, bad seasons

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, Guayanas, Goanazes, and Yuguaruanas; (these tribes are supposed to speak different tongues because they were inimical to each other, an inference by no means necessary;) Cararius and Anaces, who are about Ibiapaba; Aroas, about the mouth of the Para; Teremembres, on the coast between the rivers Parnaibo and Seara; Payacus, of Seara; Grens, in the interior of the Ilheos; Kiriris, who once infested Bahia; .. from a brief vocabulary of their language, Hervas fancied he could trace some shadow only

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list of stores in the Spanish and Portugueze fleet sent to recover Bahia, (n. 4. p. 446.) beds for the sick are enumerated. How then were the sound lodged? Among the Buccaneers every one lay rough, as they called it, that is, on the deck, the Captain himself not being allowed a bed. (Snelgrave). When was the hammock introduced into our ships? Labat travelled with one a century ago in France and Italy, and it was every where regarded as a wonder. 42. The Anta, p. 162. N. 4.] The commonest books of

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of St. Thomas stamped in a stone, which is at this day to be seen upon the shores of Bahia; but sign or memorial of the truth which St. Thomas had preached, they found none among the inhabitants. The barbarousness of the people cannot better be proved, nor more strongly exemplified. Traces of the preacher were found in the rocks, but not a trace of the doctrine in the people! the rocks preserved a memorial of the Apostle, but the heart preserved no memorial of the faith which he had taught

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mais livre de incendios. 122. Banished from Pernambuco, p. 394.] Men were too valuable in Brazil to be transported out of it, .. besides, it appears that they were transported from one port to another. In the Noticias, p. 2. c. 67. a story is told of two Tupinambas, who were degredaded from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, and found their way buck through the woods. 123. Taking with him six Tupinambas, p. 400.] These Tupinambas put into Falmouth on their way, and remained there six weeks. And there

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. Fadrique de Toledo, p. 453.] D. Fadrique had drawn out his men to review them on a beautiful morning, .. when, as is not unusual at Bahia, and very common at Maranham, in the course of an hour, the whole sky was overcast [page] 65

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College at Bahia, as for a spectacle, such was the continual sport which the whales made, who during the spring and summer, for their own particular reasons (por particulares respectos seus), resorted at that season to the Reconcave, and spent the time in continual play, leaping and dancing, sometimes spouting up water, sometimes raising themselves straight up, as high in the air as nature would permit, then letting that great tower of flesh or fish fall splash upon the water. P. 328. 43. Porto

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, which was left for this poor family, must have been made up from what had been withheld in tythes. In this manner this Servant past sixteen years, without doing any injury, and without asking for any wages at his departure; and he is called the Devil of Porto Seguro ... bem nomeado nestas partes, e esta historia bem sabida. Jaboatam, 70. If this be not a mere old wife's tale, it is a matchless instance of impudent and ingenious roguery. 44. Trade of Bahia, p. 670.] The chief commodities that

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morning to find them out, and returning toward evening, ever endeavouring like a kite to snatch away our Caravel and Pattachio, which lay like chickens under our wings; till at last about the height of Bahia it left us, despairing to meet any of their fleet higher up. Thus prosperously they arrived at Rio de Janeiro, after a three months voyage, having lost only one man, of more than four hundred, in their four ships. Going on shore, he continues, I found a lodging prepared for me by the Fathers

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maitre ne desiroit autre avantage que ce que les Anglois et les Hollandois jouissoient; c'est a dire, d'avoir quatre familles dans les ports de Bahia, du Rio de Janeiro, et de Pernambuco; et que si le Roy de la Grande Bretagne, et les Hollandois vouloient convenir de rapeller les dites familles, le Roy son maitre feroit revenir le Consul, et Marchands Fran ois, qui y avoient t envoy s par la derniere flotte, et que pour l'avenir aucune nation y trafiqueroit, si non pour les Marchand Portugais

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them; and worse evils than what he anticipated from the gold mines have resulted from the diamonds. So strongly was he possessed with this foresight, that in one of his sermons he congratulated the people of Bahia that an expedition in search of mines had been unssuccesful. How many royal Ministers, says he, and how many Officers of Justice, of Property, and of War, do you suppose would be sent here for extracting, securing, and remitting this gold or silver? If you have experienced so many

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called, iii. 55. Canafistula, abundant in Maranham, ii. 645. Cananea, town of, southward of Bahia de Santos, iii 851. Caniavieiras, Povoa am de, the highest Portugueze settlement on the Pardo, iii. 694. Canind , portage to, from Vargem Redonda, iii. 792. Canisianas, tribe of, their cannibalism, iii. 205. Cannibal madness, among the North American savages, mentioned by Dablon, i. 637. Cannibalism of the Brazilian savages, i. 217; ceremonies observed with a captive, 218; consequences deduced from

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, note on the miracle in, ii. 707; settlement of, iii. 558. Caysava attacked by the Portugueze, iii. 11. Cayt , or Braganza, in Para, iii. 739. Centeno, Diego, appointed Governor on the Plata, i. 170; dies, 173. Cespedes, D. Luiz de, Governor of Buenos Ayres, receives a Guarani Chief from the Jesuit Reductions, ii. 285. Chafalonia, a metal mentioned by Ribera, i. 159. Chaneses, tribes of, i. 134. Chareo, fish, a principal diet at Bahia, i. 322. Charlevoix, his remarks upon a Jesuit miracle, ii

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Filgueira, Manoel Dias, his house pillaged by the insurgents at Bahia, iii. 127. Firebrands, a necessary precaution against wild beasts, i. 639. Flax, plants, affording a substitute for, in Pernambuco, iii. 789. Fleckno, his description of Rio de Janeiro in 1648, ii. 667, note; note on his travels, 713; adduces a curious proof of the truth of the Catholic religion, 717. Fleury, Cardinal, his remark on the correspondence respecting Colonia, iii. 291, note. Flies, the curse of Paraguay, iii. 376

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. 49; in Brazil, fraudulently debased, 193; state of the mines, 826. Gold-mines, in Maranham, expedition in search of, ii. 452. Gomara, the old translator of, records an instance of the contagious spirit of adventure to the West Indies, i. 628. Gomes Lisboa, Manoel, his house sacked by the insurgents at Bahia, iii. 127. Gonzales, F. Roque, forms a settlement at Itapua, ii. 279; goes to Buenos Ayres with some Guaranies, 285; invested with new powers, enters the Serra de Tap , 286; murdered by the

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, and other different forms of the Tupi word signifying great, iii. 48. Guenbe, its filaments used for cordage on the Paraguay, iii. 175; note. Guerens, tribe of, infest Bahia and the adjoining provinces, ii. 562; destruction of, 566. Guiana, attempts of various nations to colonize in, iii. 11. Guinea-grass, (panicum altissimum) proposed to be introduced into Pernambuco, iii. 790. Gumanime, Monardes cited respecting, i. 625. Gum elastic, of the Itatines in Brazil, i. 340; obtained from the

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, his fidelity to the Portugueze, i. 494. James I. of England, his grant of territory in South America to Robert Harcourt, iii. 12. Jandicis, tribe of, harrass the Portugueze, i. 495. Janeiro, Rio de, expedition of Villegagnon to, i. 271; the French works demolished by the Portugueze, 280; the seat of the new Government on the division of Brazil, 311; again made subordinate to Bahia, 315. (See Rio de Janeiro.) Jangada, or raft used in Brazil, i. 413. Japan, Bishop of, his death, ii. 232. Japi, Wasu

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Joanes, Ilha dos, its situation, ii. 518; unsuccessful war of the Portugueze against the islanders, 519; Vieyra treats with them, 522; ceremonies of their submission, 524. Joz , King, death of, iii. 655. Jol, Cornelis, occupies the isle of Fernam Noronha, i. 457; expedition of, 562; dispatched against Angola, ii. 8; against the island of S. Thomas, 11. Juiz do Povo, office of, abolished at Bahia, iii. 130. Jupura, river, or Gran Caqu ta, i. 594. Jurimauas, tribe and territory of, i. 596. Juru

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power, 514; Mutiny of troops on the Rio Negro, 516; regulations concerning the Indians, promulgated at Para, 522; charges against the Jesuits presented to the Pope, 536; attempt to assassinate the King, 540; the Jesuits condemned as accomplices, and deported from Para and Maranham, 541; conduct of the Archbishop of Bahia, 543; different conduct of the Bishop of Rio de Janeiro, 545; Companies of Maranham and Pernambuco established, 548; the British factories affected by these monopolies, 551

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; pottery, ib.; canoes, 244; domestic animals, 245; treatment of strangers, 246; of the sick, 247; burials, 248; mourning, 249; longevity, ib.; their frequent change of place, 250; their improvement retarded by their Pay s, 251; conduct of the Jesuits toward them, 252; opposition of the settlers, 257. Tupinambas, state of the tribe in Bahia, i. 42; they expel Coutinho, 43; hostile to the Portugueze, 179; capture Hans Stade, 182; their ceremonies with the prisoner, 186; sickness of a family imputed

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A787.02 Beagle Library: Humboldt, Alexander von. 1811. Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain. 2 vols. John Black, trans. New York: I. Riley. vol. 2. Text

Mexican and Spanish names, that we can with difficulty find out from his descriptions the places through which he passed*, The road from Louisiana to Mexico presents very few obstacles until the Rio del Norte, * M. Pag s calls Loredo, la Rheda; the fort de la Bahia del Esperitu Santo, Labadia; Orquo quissas, Acoquissa; Saltillo, le Sartille; Cohahuila, Cuwilla. [page] 28

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that the bay of Monterey had already been discovered by Ca- brillo on the 1.5th November, 1542, and that he gave it the name of Bahia de los Pinos, on account of the beautiful pines with which the neighbouring mountains are covered. It received its present name sixty years afterwards from Viscaino, in honour of the viceroy of Mexico, Gaspar de Zunega Count de Monterey, an active man, to whom we are indebted for considerable maritime expeditions, and who engaged Juan de Onate in the conquest of

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A6566.07 Book: Kerr, Robert. 1811-1824. A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged in systematic order: forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present times. 18 vols. London: W. Blackwood and T. Cadell. Text

from the king. In every thing relating to the civil government he was equal to any of his predecessors, but was unfortunate in military affairs, especially in the loss of Ormuz. In 1621, Don Alfonso de Noronna was nominated viceroy of India; but sailing too late, was driven back to Lisbon, being the last viceroy appointed by the pious Philip III. On the news coming to Lisbon, of the shameful surrender of the city of Bahia, in the Brazils, to the Hollanders, without considering his age, quality

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A808 Beagle Library: Mawe, John. 1812. Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Text PDF

CHAPTER XV. Observations on Tejuco and Cerro do Frio 349 CHAPTER XVI. General View of Minas Geraes 376 CHAPTER XVII. Brief Notices on the Capitanias of Bahia, Pernambuco, Seara, Maranham, Para, and Goyaz 391 CHAPTER XVIII. Geographical Description of the Capitania of Matto Grosso. 407 CHAPTER XIX. Account of the Capitania of Rio Grande 442 CHAPTER XX. General Observations on the Trade from England to Brazil 450 Appendix 473 Index. 487 [page xi

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A808 Beagle Library: Mawe, John. 1812. Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Text PDF

CHAP. XVII. Brief Notices on the Capitanias of Bahia, Pernambuco, Seara, Maranliam, Para, and Goyaz. THE capitania of Bahia, to the northward of Minas Geraes, comes next under consideration, respecting which, as I did not visit it, I have only to present some observations from the best information I could procure. It extends a considerable distance along the coast, being bounded on the north by the great river St. Francisco, which runs into the sea in lat. 11 s south, and separated from the

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A808 Beagle Library: Mawe, John. 1812. Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Text PDF

deleterious gas which escapes during fermentation. Bahia has a considerable trade with all the ports on the coast, from whence are exported various articles, the prices of which are continually fluctuating. A great number of fine brigs and smaller vessels are employed in this trade. Produce to a considerable amount was exported to the River Plata, from whence a great quantity of hides and tallow were returned. The imports to Bahia from Europe consist in general of the same articles with those

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A808 Beagle Library: Mawe, John. 1812. Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Text PDF

CHAP. XVII. Brief Notices on the Capitanias of Bahia, Pernambuco, Seara, Maranham, Para, and Goyaz. THE capitania of Bahia, to the northward of Minas Geraes, comes next under consideration, respecting which, as I did not visit it, I have only to present some observations from the best information I could procure. It extends a considerable distance along the coast, being bounded on the north by the great river St. Francisco, which runs into the sea in lat. 11 south, and separated from the

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A808 Beagle Library: Mawe, John. 1812. Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Text PDF

build a palace for the royal family, if the Prince would condescend to reside among them. The climate is always warm, but is refreshed by the sea-breeze, and is in some degree tempered by the long absence of the sun, the nights being of almost uniform length throughout the year. Though hotter than Rio de Janeiro, Bahia is considered much more healthful, having a more airy situation, and being better supplied with water. The practice of bathing is very general, and most of the houses have