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84: 167:, growing and exporting coffee. Koster spent the rest of his life in Brazil, except for short visits to England. While in Brazil, he pursued a particular study of the institution of slavery there, travelling widely, and began to write books about his experiences that were published in London. His works are considered the most detailed accounts of north-east Brazil written in English in his period. 126: 534: 559: 594: 589: 248: 584: 579: 161:, where he slept in a hammock in an unfinished church until he could get possession of the big house, bought slaves, and established himself as a 574: 564: 178:(1816), which was dedicated to Southey "in memorial of affectionate respect and gratitude". He began but did not finish a translation into 157:, on 7 December. He spent a year at Recife before beginning a programme of travels around the country. In 1812 he rented an estate at 106:, was an English coffee-grower, explorer and author who spent most of his short adult life in Brazil, writing about his travels, 569: 433: 286: 199: 240: 259: 375:, 'The British Contribution to the Study of Brazil', in Marshall C. Eakin, Paulo Roberto de Almeida, eds., 145:
because it was thought to be the way to improve his poor health. He sailed from Liverpool in a ship called
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British Travel Accounts and Maps: Henry Koster and the Making of Space in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
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dated January 1817, in bound volume XVI (London: John Murray, 1817), pp.
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Voyage dans la partie septentrionale du Brésil, depuis 1809 jusqu'en 1815
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Sir Thomas Marc, or Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
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Envisioning Brazil: A Guide to Brazilian Studies in the United States
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on 2 November 1809, travelling with a family friend, and arrived in
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His work was also published in French under the name of
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A Brazilian sugar mill, as sketched by Koster in 1816
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English coffee-grower, explorer, botanist and author
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Henry Koster
Lisbon
Pernambuco
Kingdom of Brazil

Portuguese
slavery

Liverpool
Portugal
Pernambuco
Recife
Brazil
Jaguaribe
fazendeiro
Robert Southey
Portuguese
Pernambuco
The Gentleman's Magazine
Manuel Arruda da Câmara
author abbreviation
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botanical name


The Gentleman's Magazine
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Leslie Bethell

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