Tropical Versailles
Subtitle: Empire, Monarchy, and the Portuguese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821 (New World in the Atlantic World)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780415929875
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Brazil - History; Monarchy And Aristocracy; History - General History; History: World; Brazil; Portugal; Latin America - South America; History / Europe / General; 1763-1822; 19th century; History; Monarchie.; Monarchy; Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); United Kingdom, 1815-1822; gtt
First sentence: IN 1803 THE PORTUGUESE STATESMEN RODRIGO DE SOUZA COUTINHO, CHIEF OF the Royal Treasury, offered Prince Regent Dom Joao an evaluation of the European "political situation."