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Livres anciens et modernes

Severin, Timothy

The Golden Antilles

1970

26,32 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1970
Lieu d'édition
London. Hamish Hamilton
Auteur
Severin, Timothy
Edition
First Edition.
Thème
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [x], 336, xii, [2] pp, 24 pages of contemporary illustrations, double-page map, index, with the errata slip. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (tear on rear panel, not price clipped), small name label on endpaper, near fine in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Interesting and well-written account of early travels and buccaneers in the Caribbean, with illustrations from original sources. Topics include the quest for El Dorado, Walter Ralegh, travels along the Orinoco, chocolate and its influence, the debacle at Hispaniola, the capture of Jamaica, a buccaneer surgeon, the Cuna, the collapse of Darien, etc.
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