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Livres anciens et modernes

Harlow, V. T.

Colonising Expeditions to the West Indies and Guiana, 1623 - 1667

1925

195,52 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1925
Lieu d'édition
London. The Hakluyt Society
Auteur
Harlow, V. T.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xcx, 262 pp, 6 folding maps including 3 large folding maps in rear pocket, two plates including frontis portrait and other portrait, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on both covers, gilt lettering on spine, slight wear at spine ends, rear internal hinge cracked & repaired, endpaper bookplate of Edison W. Brown, MD, very good+, interior clean and fine. A picture of this National Maritime Museum 310. Chapters include colonization of St. Christopher, Nevis and Barbados, the voyage of Sir Henry Colt in 1631, Admiral de Ruyter's West Indies raid in 1665, Trinidad and Tobago, Guiana. The 82 page introduction provides an excellent historical perspective, while the book includes original documents not available elsewhere.