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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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Anno di pubblicazione
1898
Luogo di stampa
Boston and Chicago. W. A. Wilde & Company
Autore
Butterworth, Hezekiah
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

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.