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  • Empires and Exploration: Richard Francis Burton's Travels in Brazil

    Empires and Exploration: Richard Francis Burton's Travels in Brazil - Paperback

    Empires and Exploration: Richard Francis Burton's Travels in Brazil - Paperback

    By Marshall C. Eakin

About Marshall C. Eakin Books

Marshall C. Eakin is distinguished professor of history emeritus at Vanderbilt University, where he taught from 1983 to 2024. A specialist in modern Brazilian history, he is the author of six books, including The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures and Becoming Brazilians: Race and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil. From 2004-2011 he served as the executive director of the Brazilian Studies Association. In June and July 2022, he spent six weeks retracing Richard Burton's travels across eastern Brazil.