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In 1817 Spix and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius travelled to Brazil with a group of Austrian naturalists who accompanied Maria Leopoldina of Austria.

First they went to Rio de Janeiro, but soon they left the Austrian group and travelled on their own through Brazil.

Spix and Martius travelled from south Rio to north São Paulo.

During this part of their journey they where accompanied by the Austrian painter Thomas Ender.

Then they continued to Belo Horzinte and Diamantina, where they described the mining of diamants.

From there they went further into the continent and then back to the coast of Salvador.