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Lowe, Percy R.

A Naturalist on Desert Islands

1911

46,06 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1911
Lieu d'édition
London, New York. Witherby & Co., Charles Scribner's Sons
Auteur
Lowe, Percy R.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Central America & West Indies Naturalists Travels
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 300, [i, publisher's ads] pp, frontis and numerous plates from photos, other illustrations from drawings, 3 maps including 2 in color (one folding), index. original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, light stain on outer, lower corner of covers, interior is clean and unmarked, very good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Based on yachting travels in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico over six consecutive winters, the author describes his experiences and adventures on several islands, including Swan, Blanquilla, the Hermanos islands belonging to Honduras and Venezuela, with much on coral, birds, fish, plants, animal life in water and on land, hidden treasure and on the people he met.