Tropical Versailles
Kirsten Schultz
Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2001
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This text tells of the only European empire to relocate its capital to the New World. In 1807, to escape an invading Napoleonic army, the Portuguese Prince Regent and 10,000 functionaries set sail for Brazil. Following the transfer of the court, Rio de Janeiro, became a "tropical Versailles".
- ISBN-13
- 9780415929882
- ISBN-10
- 0415929881
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Year
- 2001
- Publication date
- 2001-08-24
- Pages
- 344
- Dimensions
- 231x152x22
- Weight
- 502