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Butterworth, Hezekiah

Lost in Nicaragua or Among Coffee Farms and Banana Lands, in the Countries of the Great Canal

1898

95,88 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1898
Lieu d'édition
Boston and Chicago. W. A. Wilde & Company
Auteur
Butterworth, Hezekiah
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [20 x 15 cm]; 294, [x, ads] pp, 5 plates including frontis with tissue guard, from paintings by H. Burgess. original dark blue cloth with decorations in green and gilt, gilt title lettering, slight shelf wear at edge but a near fine copy of a nicely produced book. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Welch 177. Adventures and travels include Costa Rica, Guatemala but especially Nicaragua with much on people, nature, the land and countryside, written in a chatty, anecdotal way. At the time a Nicaragua canal was seriously considered, which this book makes detailed reference to. The Quetzal is also described in detail.