Article ID: CBB001552691

Brazil in the Travel Journal by Captain Robert Fitzroy of the HMS Beagle, 1828--1839 (2014)

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Passetti, Gabriel (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 21, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 911-330


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Portuguese.
Language: Portuguese

In the 1830s, the Royal Navy's ships were charged with precisely mapping out coastlines and ports, contacting local governments, and establishing trade and diplomatic relations. On returning to Britain, men like Robert FitzRoy, captain of the His Majesty's Ship (HMS) Beagle, would publish reports on their expeditions. They described and analyzed the societies they visited and compared them with Britain's actions around the globe. Brazil's tropical landscapes inspired their admiration, but its inhabitants were criticized for the inefficiency of their economic explorations and social backwardness. In this period, science accompanied the expansion of the British Empire, and accounts written by ships' captains legitimized the discourse about its practices of domination.

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Authors & Contributors
Agra do Ó, Alarcon
Allen, David Y.
Corsi, Pietro
Dry, Sarah
Gill, Lorena Almeida
Girão de Morais, Rosa Helena de Santana
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Terrae Incognitae
British Journal for the History of Science
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Journal of Historical Geography
Publishers
Harvard University
Princeton University
Random House
University of Georgia Press
Verl. Galiani
Verlag der Österr. Akad. der Wiss.
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Cartography
Biographies
Scientific expeditions
Colonialism
Natural history
People
Fitzroy, Robert
Bass, George
Baudin, Nicolas
Cook, James
Flinders, Matthew
Florence, Hercules
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
16th century
17th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Brazil
France
Netherlands
India
Mexico
Institutions
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Great Britain. Meteorological Office
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Royal Society of London
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