Excerpt from Archivos do Museu Nacional Assim em 1829, Luiz Agassiz, que tão bons serviços havia de prestar mais tarde, colleccionando elle proprio nas nossas aguas, estudou os peixes levados para o Museu de Munich por joão Baptista de Spix, publicando o seu trabalho juntamente com as notas e estampas executadas por este ultimo, em complemento da obra geral e a primeira de grande valor sobre a Natu reza do Brasil - [ter brasiliensis de Spix e Martius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.