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Livres anciens et modernes

Squier, E(Phraim) G(Eorge).

Der centralamerikanische Staat Nicaragua in Bezug auf sein Volk, seine Natur und seine Denkmaeler. Nebst einer ausführlichen Abhandlung über den projectierten interoceanischen Kanal. Trans. by Eduard Hoepfner, with a preface by Carl Ritter.

Leipzig, Dyk, 1854

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Année
1854
Auteur
Squier, E(Phraim) G(Eorge).
Éditeurs
Leipzig, Dyk
Thème
AMERICANA: LATIN AMERICA,

Description

With engr. folding frontispiece, 4 maps (2 folding), 24 unn. plates, most of them engr. by Robert Kupfer (4 handcolored, 2 printed in colors), and VIII num. folding plates at the end. XVIII, 570 pp. 8vo. Contemp. half cloth. Leipzig, Dyk, 1854. German edition of Squier's "Nicaragua; its people, scenery, monuments, and the proposed interoceanic canal" (1852). The description of a journey made by the author offers a wealth of information about all aspects of the country, including native languages, and a short history of Central America since its independence from Spain. One chapter is devoted to the projected waterway between the Bay of San Juan del Norte and the Pacific. - Occasional foxing or browning. - Sabin 89957; Palau 321 786; Engelmann 211. AMERICANA: LATIN AMERICA ;
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