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Livres anciens et modernes

Hazard, Samuel

Santo Domingo, Past and Present: with a Glance at Hayti

1873

240,64 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1873
Lieu d'édition
London. Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle
Auteur
Hazard, Samuel
Thème
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xxxi, 511 pp, 24 plates including frontis, maps including folding, 128 illustrations in text, bibliog. original red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and decorated in black, spine a little rubbed, old repair of spine and hinge, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cundall 354a. Smith H67: "The first nine chapters give history and geography, but in the remainder of the chapters, the author tells of his travels and observations as a member of a commission sent out by the U. S. Government to examine and report on the island." The work covers the whole island with interesting and extensive illustrations including many views. The author provides extensive descriptions, the best up to that time, based on his travels on the coasts, inland, the cities and towns, Cotuy, Mochja, Santiago, Monte Cristo, Puerto Plata, Hayti [Haiti], Cape Haytian, Santo Domingo, etc.

Edizione: first london edition.
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