FIRST EDITION. 4to, 522pp, text, contemporary half calf over marbled boards with a gilt fillet, spine in decorative, gilded compartments, red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt to the second and fourth compartments. Twenty-eight coloured lithographic plates, including frontis, two folding maps. Henderson studied Brazil during a failed visit to obtain a position at the British Legation in Rio; however, he was received into a merchant's house. The subsequent knowledge he gained of South America was sufficient for him to be appointed Consul General for Columbia in Bogota. The views in this work are made from his drawings on the spot and represent essential visual documentation of Brazilian history. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Don John VI, King of Portugal & Brasil &c., his attendants at Rio [de] Janeiro. [Map] A map of Brazil (folding). 2. View of the western side of the bay of Rio de Janeiro, from the Sugar Loaf Mountain to the City. 3. Custom House Negroes, Rio de Janeiro. 4. Convent of St. Antonio, Rio de Janeiro. 5. The Convent of T. Theresa, part of the Aqueduct &c., a Cabriolet. 6. The Convent of Ajuda. 7. Pillars near the source of the Aquaduct. 8. House at the bottom of the Orange Valley. 9. A Miner approaches the Rio from Minas Geraes. 10. Bela-Fonta, the Shacara of I.E. Wright Esq. 11. Palace of St. Christovao. 12. A Free Negress, and other Market Women. 13. Nightman / Water Carrier / Washer-Woman. 14. The Casa of a Padre in Campinha. 15. The Rio Exchange, a Public Trapiche, a Grass Waggon, & the Gallows. 16. Captain of Militia in the Province of Rio Grande do Sul. 17. A Paulista and a Brazilian Mendicant. [Map] Mapa da Comara do Sabara. 18. An Officer of Cavalry in Minas Geraes and a Hermit. 19. Botocudo Indians, about to cross a river. 20. A Brazilian Sedan Chair & a person is begging for the Church. 21. A Brazilian Sesta, or Afternoon Nap. 22. A Jangada or Catamaran near Pernambuco. 23. A Matuto returning fom Pernambuco. 24. Style of houses at Poco de Penella. 25. Negroes impelling a Canoe with the Vara and scenery at Ponta Decho. 26. The house of the Senhor d'Engenho de Torre, near Pernambuco. 27. The Sugar Engenho de Torre, and a plan of its interior. 28. The site and remains of Fribourg House, formally the residence of Prince Maurice of Nassau.