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Letters from Brazil : 1 1865.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agassiz, Elizabeth Cary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Letters.
- Science.
- Slavery.
- Natural history.
- Agriculture.
- Gardens.
- Race.
- Spectacular, The.
- Mountains.
- Inland navigation.
- Walking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- 1865
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Account of a scientific expedition to Brazil led by her husband, Louis Agassiz, with many descriptions of the spectacular scenery, of meetings with the emperor and empress, witnessing a solar eclipse, and hearing of news of the US Civil War and of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, who was a family friend.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:A-3, Box 2 folder 14.
- Loose letters, 6 items, includes typed transcripts.
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