[Brazil] Gardner, George. Travels in the Interior of Brazil, principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841. Reeve, Benham, Reeve, London, 1849. Second edition. 8vo. xviii, 428 pp., frontispiece plate, map. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards."Gardner arrived in Brazil in 1836 and remained there until 1841. He spent two years in Rio and the neighbourhood, afterwards travelling to Pernambuco via Bahia, then beginning his long journey through the 'sertoes' of Ceara, Piauhi, Goyaz and Minas Geraes and returning to Rio. The great importance of his travels lies in the descriptions he gives of a region until then entirely unknown to European travelers. His book compares with the best of published works on the subject" - Borba de Moraes 346; Sabin 26645.Condition: Minor rubbing. Library stamp to title page, occasional spotting.Provenance: From the Library of the Godfather of Biodiversity, Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy.