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Dutch Brazil in the Early Modern Imaginary : (Record no. 16690)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004754393
Qualifying information (electronic book)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789004754386
Qualifying information (print)
024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004754393
Source of number or code DOI
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Original cataloging agency NL-LeKB
Transcribing agency NL-LeKB
Description conventions rda
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number F1418
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code HBJ
Source bicssc
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code HIS
Subject category code subdivision 000000
Source bisacsh
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 327.73/08
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dams, Britt,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Dutch Brazil in the Early Modern Imaginary :
Remainder of title From Description to Classification of Lands and Peoples, 1624–1654 /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Britt Dams.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title From Description to Classification of Lands and Peoples, 1624–1654
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2026.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2026
300 ## - online resource
Extent 1 online resource (300 pages) :
Other physical details illustrations.
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Content type term text
Content type code txt
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337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term computer
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338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term online resource
Source rdacarrier
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement European Expansion and Indigenous Response ;
Volume/sequential designation 50
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Between 1624 and 1654 Dutch authors shifted from marvellous travel tales to methodical inventories that aimed at deeper comprehension of Brazil. This book traces that evolution through four cornerstone texts— Nieuwe Wereldt , Iaerlijck Verhael , Rerum per Octennium , and Historia naturalis Brasiliae —read alongside maps, West India Company papers, and incisive illustrations. Planters, soldiers, and Indigenous go-betweens supplied the field notes that allowed for ethnography and natural history to take empirical form. By tracking how writers labelled landscapes, plants, animals, and peoples, the study shows how description itself became a tool of Dutch colonial power.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on print version record.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element American Studies.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Book History and Cartography.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Early Americas.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element History of Cartography.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Title Dutch Brazil in the Early Modern Imaginary : From Description to Classification of Lands and Peoples, 1624–1654.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
International Standard Book Number 9789004754386
Record control number (OCoLC)1538480940
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title European Expansion and Indigenous Response ;
Volume/sequential designation 50.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004754393">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004754393</a>

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