TO 



HIS MAJESTY 



MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH THE FIRST, 



KING OF BAVARIA. 



Sire, 



When Your Majesty had decided on send- 

 ing a literary expedition to Brazil, you 

 were pleased to confide to us the execution 

 of this royal resolution. 



Attachment to Your Majesty and to the 

 sciences was the guardian Genius that guided 

 us amidst the dangers and fatigues of so 

 extensive a journey, through a part of the 

 world so imperfectly known, and brought 



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