Vamos ao México? Erico Verissimo como escritor/embaixador

Grounded in the works of Hulme and Youngs in The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing (2002) the article aims to place Erico Verissimo in the category of ambassador/writer. Using documentary and literature review, from secondary data and a qualitative approach, the propose is to analyse Erico Verissimo's book Mexico, (1957), as a Travel Writing exemplary. The objective of the article is, through the literary analysis of the book Mexico, to find a balance between the category of traveller "Ambassador" of Hulme and Youngs and the terminology of diplomat/ writer, of Fernanda Peixoto (2010).