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Stoddard, Charles Augustus

Cruising Among the Caribbees; Summer Days in Winter Months

1903

68,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1903
Luogo di stampa
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons
Autore
Stoddard, Charles Augustus
Soggetto
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Lingue
Inglese

Descrizione

sm 8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; xi, 246 pp, frontis with tissue guard, good plates from photos. original cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, spine faded but lettering clear, interior very clean, near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels though the Caribbean with descriptions of Virgin Islands, St Thomas, Santa Cruz, St. Kitts, Antigua, Martinique, St. Lucia, St Vincent, Grenadines, Trinidad, Barbados and others with interesting description of peoples and places including customs, witchcraft, etc. Smith S173: 'An early account of how the affluent northerner could winter in southern climes'. This edition has been revised and enlarged based on the author's later visits to the West Indies and has brought the work up-to-date incorporating political events, wars, volcanic eruption, etc that occurred since it was first published in 1895, as well as adding new illustrations and over 50 pages of text.
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