In the nineteenth century, Brazil experienced a large presence of foreigners in its territory. Among these foreigners, were in Brazil the British Henry Koster and George Gardner; and the Americans Daniel Kidder, De Lacey Wardlaw and Mary Hoge Wardlaw, all of them Protestants. Despite the many peculiarities of these subjects, they wrote reports containing their views on this territory and its inhabitants. This dissertation deals with an analysis of discourses and experiences of these five foreign travelers Anglo-Saxon Protestants who through their writings built an extensive set of alterity relations with Brazil.
No sÃculo XIX o Brasil vivenciou uma grande presenÃa de estrangeiros em seu territÃrio. Dentre estes estrangeiros estiveram no Brasil os britÃnicos Henry Koster e George Gardner; e os norte-americanos Daniel Kidder, De Lacey Wardlaw e Mary Hoge Wardlaw, todos eles protestantes. Apesar das vÃrias peculiaridades destes sujeitos, eles escreveram relatos contendo suas impressÃes sobre este territÃrio e seus habitantes. Tal dissertaÃÃo trata de uma anÃlise dos discursos e experiÃncias destes cinco viajantes estrangeiros protestantes anglo-saxÃes que atravÃs de seus escritos construÃram um amplo jogo de relaÃÃes de alteridade com o Brasil.
