Abstract: Esboço Histórico e Geográfico do Baixo São Francisco, is the publication of the manuscript of the same name, written by Antônio Xavier de Assis and organized by Carlos Pinna de Assis and Gilfrancisco dos Santos. The work, from a geographical and historiographical perspective, addresses life around the São Francisco River, between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Keywords: São Francisco River, Lower São Francisco, Colonization.