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Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang
Jungle in the Clouds; a Naturalist's Explorations in the Republic of Honduras
1946
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Horizon Books (Toronto, Canada)
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Anno di pubblicazione
1946
Luogo di stampa
New York. Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Autore
Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang
Edizione
second printing, the first edition did not have the colored
Soggetto
Travel - Central America & West Indies Archeology
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione
Sì
Descrizione
8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; x, 268 pp, colored frontis, numerous illustrations from photos, endpaper maps, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine, signature on endpaper, cover lightly spotted, very good interior clean, solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This well known author of Latin American travel books travelled extensively through Honduras by rail, plane, mule, burro, boat and by foot, and described nature and the archeology. He studied the rare quetzal, the sacred bird of the Maya, as well as the Toltecs and Aztecs, and the ancient Mayan city of Copan. One of the illustrations is the first photograph ever taken of the Quetzal. This printing has the advantage of a new frontis of the quetzal that is in color (the first colored photo of a quetzal published) and a bibliography and appendix on the literary history of the quetzal that is not in the first edition.
