FUNAG publishes new edition of book on Honório Hermeto in the La Plata River (1851/52 special mission)

The Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation has republished the work Honório Hermeto no Rio da Prata (Missão especial de 1851/52) [Honório Hermeto in the La Plata River (1851/52 special mission)], by historian José Antônio Soares de Souza, originally published in 1959. Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, the Marquis of Paraná, was one of the founders of the Conservative Party and one of the greatest statesmen in the Empire. In this book, José Antônio Soares de Souza examines the mission of then Senator Carneiro Leão to the La Plata, in which he would antagonize  caudillo Juan Manuel Rosas, who had declared war on Brazil.

This edition is part of the “Bicentennial: Brazil 200 years – 1822-2022” and is available for free download from FUNAG’s digital library .