History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Otherwise Called America

When the famous anthropologist Claude LÉvi-Strauss arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he had one book in his pocket: Jean de LÉry'sHistory of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil. LÉry had undertaken his fascinating and arduous voyage in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. Janet Whatley presents the first complete English translation of one of the most vivid early European accounts of life in the New World.De Lery, Jean is the author of 'History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Otherwise Called America', published 1993 under ISBN 9780520082748 and ISBN 0520082745.