Identifier: travelsinbrazil00kost (find matches)
Title: Travels in Brazil
Year: 1816 (1810s)
Authors: Koster, Henry, 1793-ca. 1820
Subjects: Slavery -- Brazil Brazil -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
two fortresses erected upon them, and by the ships in the lowerharbour. Then follows the town of Recife, with the appearanceof being built in the water, so low is the sand-bank upon which ithas been raised; the shipping immediately in front partly concealit; and the bold reef of rocks on the outside of these, with thesurf dashing violently against and over it, give to them the ap-pearance of being ashore; and as no outlet is seen, they seem tobe hemmed in. The small tower or fort at the northern end ofthe reef, however, soon claims attention, and points out the en-trance. We approached the land rather to the southward of thetown, and coasted, under very easy sail, at a short distance from the * I have made use of this spelling, from the word cocoa being applied in the Englishlanguage uidiscriminately to that tree and to the cacao; and as we most probably derivedthe word from the Portuguese language, it may perhaps not be considered improper todistinguish the two plants in this manner.
Text Appearing After Image:
JANGADAS. 3 reef, waiting tor a pilot. It was not yet noon, the sea was smooth,the sun was bright, and every thing looked pleasant. The buildingsare all white-washed; the sun shone upon them, and gave to thema glittering silvery appearance. Nothing this day created so much astonishment on board our ship,amongst those who had not been before upon this coast, as theJangadas, sailing about in all directions. These are simply rafts ofsix logs, of a peculiar species of light timber, lashed or pinned toge-ther ; a large latine sail; a paddle used as a rudder ; a slidingkeel let down between the two centre logs ; a seat for the steersman,and a long forked pole, upon which is hung the vessel containingwater, the provisions, &c. These rude floats have a most singularappearance at sea, no hull being apparent even when near them.They are usually managed by two men, and go closer to the windthan any description of vessel. A large row-boat at last made its appearance, doubling the end ofthe re

Note About Images