TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



BOOK I. 



CHAPTER I. 



PREPARATIONS FOR THE VOYAGE. DEPARTURE 



FROM MUNICH J JOURNEY BY WAY OF VIENNA 

 TO TRIEST. 



America, which was unknown to us till within 

 a few centuries, has, from the time of its discovery, 

 been the object of the admiration and the regard 

 of Europe. The advantages of its situation, the 

 fertility and diversified riches of its soil, held out 

 equal attractions to the European colonist and 

 merchant, and to the scientific inquirer. This new 

 country was rapidly peopled, and unfolded to our 

 view, by the active intercourse with the mother 

 country, and by the exertions of the learned men, 

 who, animated by a laudable emulation, endea- 



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