Explorations of the highlands of the Brazil : with a full account of the gold and diamond mines ; also, canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river São Francisco, from Sabará to the sea / by Captain Richard F. Burton.

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Explorations of the highlands of the Brazil : with a full account of the gold and diamond mines ; also, canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river São Francisco, from Sabará to the sea / by Captain Richard F. Burton.