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Zustand: New. In English.

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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

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Softcover. 20x21cm, 546p., Sprache: Spanisch, Rústica. Ejemplar en buen estado, nombre del anteriorpropietario en página de cortesía. E.G. Squier publicó por primera vez este libro en 1852, producto de sus observaciones y estudios como arqueólogo mientras se desempeñaba como agente diplomático de los Estados Unidos de América. Indice: Prólogo / Nota del traductor Luciano Cuadra / I.Introducción / II.Parte narrativa / III.El proyectado canal interoceánico / IV.Aborígenes de Nicaragua / V.Breve historia política de América Central. [Viajes. Canal interoceánico. Nicaragua]. ** 10% REBAJAS DE OTOÑO * AUTUMN SALE * HERBSTRABATT * excl. New German Books * * * * 43,20 (original price 48,00) **.…

orig.wrappers. Zustand: Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, xxi,434 pp., PAPERBACK. A facsimile digital reprint of the New York 1853 edition. Volume 1 only. Full title reads: "Travels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua : With a Description of its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People, Their Languages, Institutions, Religion, &c. Illustrated by Numerous Maps and Coloured Illustrations. By E. G. Squier .Vol. I".…

orig.wrappers. Zustand: Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, iv,452 pp., PAPERBACK. A facsimile digital reprint of the New York 1853 edition. Volume 2 only. Full title reads: "Travels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua : With a Description of its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People, Their Languages, Institutions, Religion, &c. Illustrated by Numerous Maps and Coloured Illustrations. By E. G. Squier .Vol. 2".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. pp. 366. additional illustrative title, full-page map & 54 other text illus. (6 full-page). contemporary half calf (spine & corners chafed, small institutional rubberstamps on title, last page, & verso of full-page illus., some foxing throughout). First London Edition. "[Squier] was honored at home and abroad as one of the most distinguished Americanists of the nineteenth century, and is perhaps the best single authority on the Central America of the period." (DAB) He served as chargé d'affaires to Central America, 1849-50, secretary of the Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company, 1853, and United States commissioner to Peru, 1863-65, and published several works on the archaeological remains and general conditions of the Latin American countries he visited. The present work describes the Mosquito Coast, the east coast of Nicaragua from Cape Gracias à Diós to Bluefields Lagoon, native manners and customs, flora and fauna. At the end is a short glossary of the Mosquito language.…

Zustand: Good. 28.5x22 cm (11¼x8¾"), rebound in later calf-backed patterned boards, spine label lettered in gilt; renewed endpapers. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:221741513iv, 9-188 pages 72 illustrations (including diagrams) XIV plates (including maps, diagrams) 33 cm.Description:iv, 188 pp. With 14 engraved plates plus numerous illustrations throughout the text. First Edition.The second volume of the "Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge".Condition:Staining affecting top edge and corners of page.Squier was a journalist, diplomat, amateur anthropologist and entrepreneur and became an authority on Central America (Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras). while he was U.S. chargé d'affaires in Central America. In London he was secretary of the Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company.…

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Carlos Gutierrez verso title page. "Under the auspices of Don Carlos Gutierrez" stamped in gilt on front cover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, over bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some staining to cloth, sun-toning to spine. Some pages unread and unopened. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages; "Issued by permission of the author, and under the authority of His Excellency Carlos Gutierrez, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Republic of Honduras in Great Britain." --title page. Physical description: viii, 278 p., frontis. (fold. map) ; 20 cm. Subjects: Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company -- Honduras -- Description and travel -- 19th century. Honduras -- History -- Description and Travel -- 19th Century. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Good. 8vo. 15 x 23 cm. Original calf covers mounted on organe cloth and later goatskin spine. .[7], vi-xvi, [1], 18-397 p., [14] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm. Ver large foliding map of Honduras and San Salvador as frontispiece. Tinted lithograph views and another map showin g the proposede routes of Interoceanic Communicaiton. The latter map torn and in 2 pieces, without loss.Sabin 89981; Library of Congress Control Number01020003.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. pp. viii, 278. with half-title. folding partially coloured frontis. map of Central America. A very nice copy in original cloth (occasional light foxing). First Separate Edition. The work originally formed part of The States Of Central America., published at New York in 1858. It is here reprinted with the permission of the author, who has also revised three chapters to "give a clear and accurate view of the condition of Honduras at the present time." (p. vi). "Recent events, but more especially the commencement and rapid progress of a great Inter-Oceanic highway through its territories, have invested the Republic of Honduras in Central America with new interest and importance. This important international work, which is under contract to be delivered in 1872, must materially affect the course of travel and trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and have a powerful influence in developing the vast natural resources of Central America in general, and of Honduras in particular." (p. [v]) The author was formerly the representative of the United States in the Central American Republics (1849-50), and more recently its Commissioner in Peru (1863-65). See Smith S135 (The States Of Central America).…