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Red Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians, 1500-1760
by John Henry Hemming (1935- )
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/About very good
- ISBN 10
- 0674751078
- ISBN 13
- 9780674751071
- Seller
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About This Item
xxiv+677 pages with maps, illustrations, plates, glossary, appendix, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
John Hemming's experience on the Iriri River expedition led to a heightened interest in Brazilian indigenous peoples. On various expeditions he visited 45 tribes throughout Brazil – four of them (Surui, Parakana, Asurini and Galera Nambikwara) at the time that Brazilian teams made the first-ever face-to-face contact. Over the following 26 years he completed a three-volume history of the indigenous peoples and exploration of Brazilian Amazonia: Red Gold (1978), which covers the period 1500–1760; Amazon Frontier (1985), covering the period 1760–1910; and Die If You Must (2004), which describes their changes during the 20th century. The three volumes add up to over 2,100 pages.
Condition: Corners bumped. Jacket spine sunned, spine ends rubbed else very good in like jacket.
John Hemming's experience on the Iriri River expedition led to a heightened interest in Brazilian indigenous peoples. On various expeditions he visited 45 tribes throughout Brazil – four of them (Surui, Parakana, Asurini and Galera Nambikwara) at the time that Brazilian teams made the first-ever face-to-face contact. Over the following 26 years he completed a three-volume history of the indigenous peoples and exploration of Brazilian Amazonia: Red Gold (1978), which covers the period 1500–1760; Amazon Frontier (1985), covering the period 1760–1910; and Die If You Must (2004), which describes their changes during the 20th century. The three volumes add up to over 2,100 pages.
Condition: Corners bumped. Jacket spine sunned, spine ends rubbed else very good in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A2470
- Title
- Red Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians, 1500-1760
- Author
- John Henry Hemming (1935- )
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- About very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674751078
- ISBN 13
- 9780674751071
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1978
- Pages
- xxiv+677 pages with maps, illustrations, plates, glossary, appendix, bibliography and index
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- BRAZIL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Colonial America;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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