Brazil and the River Plate in 1868
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Dr. Gunning's House, overlooking the Valley of Macacos
WILLIAM HADFIELD,
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THOSE COUNTRIES SINCE HIS FORMER VISIT IN 1853.
LONDON:
BATES, HENDY AND CO., 4, OLD JEWRY, E.C.
1869.
ENT. STA. HALL.
DUNLOP & Co., Printers,
King's Head Court, Shoe Lane, E.C.
This work makes no pretentions to literary merit, but, as its title indicates, is simply a narrative descriptive of the progress of the countries specially referred to, which, though England has long maintained intimate commercial relations with them, are still but very imperfectly known to the British public. In the Old World generations follow each other without any very perceptible alteration being observable in the characteristic surroundings, but in the New World, as America is still termed, a few years often effect changes of the most important and striking description. This is notably the case as respects Brazil and the River Plate, the growth of which has been very remarkable.
William Hadfield
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CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
THE VOYAGE OUT.
THE CITY OF MONTE VIDEO.
THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO.
THE WAR IN PARAGUAY.
THE PROVINCE OF SAN PAULO.
THE SAN PAULO RAILWAY.
THE CITY OF SAN PAULO.
SAN PAULO TO SANTOS AND RIO DE JANEIRO.
TRIP TO JUIZ DE FORA.—THE DOM PEDRO SEGUNDO RAILWAY.
RIO DE JANEIRO TO THE RIVER PLATE.
SECOND TRIP.
CITY OF BUENOS AYRES.
BUENOS AYRES TO COLONIA.—ESTANZUELLA.
TRIP ON THE CENTRAL ARGENTINE RAILWAY.
THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF BUENOS AYRES.
BUENOS AYRES.—SECOND NOTICE.
PROGRESS OF STEAM NAVIGATION ON LA PLATA.
RAILWAYS IN THE RIVER PLATE.
EMIGRATION TO BRAZIL.
EMIGRATION TO THE RIVER PLATE.
RAILWAYS IN BRAZIL.
D. PEDRO II. RAILWAY.
BAHIA RAILWAY.
PERNAMBUCO RAILWAY.
SANTOS AND JUNDIAHY RAILWAY.
COMMERCE OF BRAZIL AND THE RIVER PLATE.
THE RIVER AMAZON.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
THE AFFLUENTS OF LA PLATA.
THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY.
BRAZILIAN CURRENCY.
ARGENTINE FINANCES.
TOWN AND HARBOUR OF SANTOS.
MR. PERKINS ON EMIGRATION.
MY VOYAGE HOME.
APPENDIX.
POSSESSIONS AND PRODUCTS OF THE DIFFERENT PROVINCES OF BRAZIL.
BRAZILIAN FINANCES.—LAW OF 1860.
WORKSHOPS OF THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF BUENOS AYRES.
SANITARY CHARACTER OF THE ANDINE HEIGHTS.
BUENOS AYRES AND THE OTHER PROVINCES A FIELD FOR EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION.
Protection of Immigrants.
STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE RIVER PLATE.
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.
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