History of Brazil
History of Brazil 3 Volume Set Series

Robert Southey (1774?1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843. As well as being distinguished in verse, he also produced successful historical works and was a noted scholar of Portuguese. Between 1810 and 1819 he published this influential three-volume history, drawing on his extensive collection of Portuguese and Spanish books. Originally intended to be part of a larger work on the history of Portugal, this project evolved to focus on Brazil, beginning with its discovery and colonisation by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century and concluding with the relocation of the Portuguese court to Brazil during the Peninsular War. Volume 2 covers the period from 1640 to 1685 and concludes with a review of the state of affairs in Brazil in the seventeenth century. Included are details of slavery, commerce and expeditions into the interior at this time.

Preface; 19. The revolution in Portugal announced to Nassau; 20. Union proposed between the East and West Indian Companies; 21. Retreat of the Dutch; 22. Attempt to assassinate Fernandes; 23. The bishop of Tucuman invites Jesuits from Brazil and Para; 24. System of the Jesuits in Paraguay; 25. Cardenas bishop of Paraguay; 26. Maranham in a worse state than the older captaincies; 27. Vidal takes possession of the government; 28. Barreto governor general; 29. Affairs of Maranham; 30. Boundaries of Maranham; Notes.