Contents
Chapter I
Chap. II
From the first discovery down to the arrival of the Royal Family there, and its present division into provinces—The general character of the Indians 12
Chap. III
Province of Rio de Janeiro
Its colonization—contests with, the French and Tamoyo Indians—expulsion of the French—foundation of St. Sebastian—boundaries—division into comarcas—mountains—principal rivers—lakes—bays—capes—islands—mineralogy—zoology—phytology—cities and towns—boundaries, towns, and productions of the comarcas of Ilha Grande and Parahiba Nova—boundaries of the comarca of Rio de Janeiro—the metropolis—situation—English burial-ground—streets—royal mode of riding—compulsory homage upon the occasion—churches—convents—Gloria Hill—female convents—visit to one—fountains—visit to the aqueduct—squares—palace—public buildings—public garden—library—manufactories—theatre—roads leading from the city—palace of St. Christovao—troops of miners and others from the interior—Gaza de Don Pedro—royal mill, shacara, and stables—fire-works—Beija Mao—fidalgos and higher orders of society—splendour of churches—royal chapel—religious festivals and observances—funeral processions—catacombs—the host—state of society—markets
Chap. IV
Province of Rio de Janeiro — Continued
Population of the capital—negroes—nocturnal clamour of reptiles—vampire hat—state of literature—jealousy—dead bodies—military—bank—revenue—imposts—diamonds—visit to Campinha—tenure of lands—proof of fertility—Swiss emigrants—visit to the cascades of Tejuca—commerce—judicial procedure—pauta and convention—new exchange—foundation of English church—towns, villages, and productions of the comarca of Rio de Janeiro—boundaries, productions, rivers, lakes, and povoaçoes of the comarca of Cape Frio—boundaries, Indians, rivers, lakes, towns, and sugar-works of the comarca of Goytacazes—boundaries, Coroado Indians, and povoaçoes of the comarca of Canta Gallo
Chap. V
Province of Rio Grande Do Sul
Colonization—boundaries—climate—aspect and productions—contests between Spaniards and Portuguese—divisionary line between these two powers—opposition by the Indians of the seven missions—their defeat—revived contests between Spaniards and Portuguese—mountains—rivers—lakes—capes and ports—islands—mineralogy—phytology—zoology—large fazendas for breeding cattle—mode of management—sheep-flocks—use of the laço and balls—towns, nature of exports, villages, &c. including those of the district of Monte Video
Chap. VI
Province of Paranna
Boundaries—climate—productions—Matte the most lucrative—first discoverers—proceedings of the Spanish Jesuits—Guarani Indians formed into reduções, or villages—nature of those missions—expulsion of the Jesuits—delivery of the missions to other ecclesiastics—their decay—mountains—mineralogy—rivers and lakes—phytology—zoology—towns, parishes, &c.—remaining establishments of the Jesuitical missions
Chap. VII
Province of Uruguay
Foundation of aldeias, called missions, by the Spanish Jesuits for the Tappe Indians—flourish till the expulsion of that sect—subsequent decay—war between the Spaniards and Portuguese—conquest of the seven missions by the latter power in 1801—governor sent—boundaries—mountains—rivers—phytology—zoology—names and population of the seven missions at their conquest
Chap. VIII
Province of St. Catharina
Chap. IX
Province of St. Paulo
Boundaries—first settlement—mountains—mineralogy—rivers and ports—islands—phytology—zoology—Bugre Indians, dwellings and customs—character of the Paulistas—division into comarcas—comarca of Curytiba—towns and productions—comarcas of St. Paulo and Hitu—towns and productions 162
Chap. X
Province of Matto Grosso
First explorers—gold discovered—two brothers appointed for the purpose of exacting the fifths on gold—their atrocious conduct—people attracted here by the fame of gold—destruction of a party by the Indians—Payagoa and Guaycuru Nations discovered—their alliance—their fatal attacks upon the Portuguese—their disunion—continued hostilities of the Guaycurus—conflicts with them—attempts to make peace with the Indians—treachery of the Guaycurus—severe drought—arrival of a governor—promotes the navigation to Para—extent and boundaries—division into districts.—District of Camapuania—mineralogy—phytology—rivers—zoology—various Indian tribes—povoaçoes.—District of Matto Grosso—mountains—mineralogy—phytology—zoology—rivers—capital.—District of Cuiaba—mineralogy—phytology—zoology—rivers—povoaçoes—Indians.—District of Bororonia—Indians—rivers—lakes.—District of Juruenna—Indians—rivers—forts.—District of Arinos—Indians—rivers.—District of Tappiraquia—Indians—rivers.—Lands of these districts fertile and auriferous
Chap. XI
Province of Goyaz
First discovery of gold—attempts of Bueno to find the Goya Territory—settlements —boundaries—extent—mineralogy—zoology—phytology—cattle and gold its exports—principal rivers—comarcas—Julgados.—District of Cayaponia—limits—Indians—rivers.—District of Goyaz—limits—mountains—capital—povoaçoes.—District of Nova Beira—limits—Indians—rivers—povoaçoes—Indians reduced to peace—aldeias established for them.—District of Tucantines—limits—rivers—Indians—povoaçoes.—District of Parannan—limits—rivers—povoaçoes.—District of Rio das Velhas—limits—rivers—Indians—povoaçoes
Chap. XII
Province of Minas Geraes
Boundaries—extent—climate—discoverers of its mines—mountains—rivers—mineralogy—zoology—phytology—exports—comarcas and towns.—Comarca of Villa Rica—limits—mountains—rivers—capital—povoaçoes.—Comarca of Rio das Mortes—limits—mountains—rivers—povoaçoes.—Comarca of Sabara—limits—mountains—rivers—lakes—povoaçoes.—Comarca of Serro Frio—limits—rich in diamonds—mountains—rivers—povoaçoes.—Diamond district—Tijuco—seat of diamond junta 258
Chap. XIII
Province of Espirito Santo
Extent—boundaries—misfortunes of its donatories—spirited resistance of the Indians—partial cultivation—principally possessed by Indians—mountains—mineralogy—zoology—descents of Indians to the coast—phytology—rivers and ports—povoaçoes.—Island of Ascension 288
Chap. XIV
Province of Porto Seguro
Boundaries—prosperity of its first donatory—reversion to the crown in a bad state—present partial cultivation—Indians—mountains—mineralogy—zoology—phytology—rivers, lakes, and ports—povoaçoes—abrolhos 297
Chap. XV
Province of Bahia
Boundaries—Caramuru—first donatory—cruel war of the Indians—the capitania forsaken—return of the donatory—shipwreck—slaughter of all but Caramuru—governor-general—foundation of St. Salvador.—Comarca of the Ilheos—originally a capitania—extent—fertility—mountains—mineralogy—phytology—zoology—rivers and lakes—povoaçoes.—Comarca of Jacobina—extent—mineralogy—mountains—rivers—phytology—zoology—povoaçoes.—Comarca of Bahia—extent—mountains—mineralogy—phytology—zoology—islands—rivers—povoaçoes.—St. Salvador—churches and convents—public buildings—Sepulchre of Caramuru’s wife—negroes—commerce—produce—exports in 1817 and 1818—state of society—adoption of a new constitution
Chap. XVI
Province of Seregipe D’El Rey
Chap. XVII
Province of Pernambuco
Voyage from Rio de Janeiro—first donatories—taken by the Dutch—restoration—reversion to the crown—Indians—boundaries—mountains—colony of negroes—mineralogy—zoology—phytology—rivers—islands—comarcas of Ollinda, Recife, Alagoas—povoaçoes—ouvidoria of the certain of Pernambuco—rivers—towns—Recife, or Pernambuco—Ollinda—Mattutos—state of society—apathy—environs—revolution in 1817—military government—adoption of a new constitution—holidays—produce—inspection—sugar engenho—contribution-fund—population—Fribourg House
Chap. XVIII
Province of Parahiba
Chap. XIX
Province of Rio Grande Do Norte
Contests with Indians—conquest—taken by the Dutch—restored—extent—sterility of soil—capes and ports—mineralogy—mountains—zoology—phytology—rivers and lakes—povoaçoes—island of Fernando de Noronha 404
Chap. XX
Province of Siara
Chap. XXI
Province of Piauhy
Chap. XXII
Province of Maranham
First donatory—shipwreck of persons intended for its colonization—establishment of the French—retaken—foundation of capital—taken by the Dutch—retaken—agricultural company—boundaries—rivers, ports, and islands—mineralogy—phytology—zoology—Indians—povoaçoes—city of Maranham—commerce—exports of produce 433
Chap. XXIII
Province of Para
First settlement—contests with Indians—slavery of the Indians—their liberation—Boundaries—mineralogy—phytology—zoology—ports and rivers—Igaruana Indians.—District of Para-Proper—capital—buildings—exports—English establishments—adoption of a new constitution—towns.—District of Xingutania—limits—in possession of Indians—rivers—towns.—District of Tapajonia—limits—rivers—Indians—towns.—District of Mundrucania—rivers—principally possessed by the Indians—their different customs—towns