[Rarebooks] fs: Important Spanish-American History
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Thompson, G.A. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICA AND
THE WEST INDIES. Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of
Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from
Modern Voyages and Travels, and from Original and Authentic Information.
New York; Burt Franklin: 1970.
A facsimile of Thompson's revised and augmented 1812-15 edition, considered
superior to Alcedo's original Spanish edition which was published in the
1780s. It is nothing more or less than an encyclopedia of the history and
geography of the Americas, and although the work has a heavy emphasis on
Spanish material, there is also much on Canada and English America. 5
volumes. Hardcovers. 7.5"x10.5", xx + 574 pages; 597 pages; 512 pages; 636
pages; xlii + 462 + 105 pages; folding chart; near fine. [06084] $300.00
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