La Faune bresilienne dans les ecrits documentaires du XVIe siecle

by Philippe Bille

Book cover: La Faune bresilienne dans les ecrits documentaires du XVIe siecle

Extent: 480 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Earth & Life Sciences , Hispanic & Portuguese Studies

Series: Geographies du monde

Series volume number: 12

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(November 2022)

ISBN: 9782406145110

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $62.00

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Hardback (Published)

(November 2022)

ISBN: 9782812458170

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $122.00

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This book analyzes the zoological content of the main sixteenth-century documents mentioning Brazil and sheds light on the development of natural history, listing four hundred animal species. It examines the increasing attention paid to indigenous culture and its contribution to the lexicon of Portuguese and French.

  • By (author) Philippe Bille