The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies. Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work...with large additions and compilation from modern voyages and travels, and from original and authentic information
- Five volumes. 4to
- London: for James Carpenter [and others], 1815
London: for James Carpenter [and others], 1815. Five volumes. 4to. (10 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches). Half-titles, small format (5 ½ x 8 ¼ inches) advertisement to subscribers tipped in before title to Vol. I, 3pp. preliminary list of subscribers in Vol. I, 2pp. advertisement at end of Volume 1. Contemporary half calf gilt over marbled paper-covered boards, spines in six compartments with semi-raised bands tooled in gilt, dark morocco lettering pieces in the second and fourth compartments, the others with repeat decoration in gilt. List of subscribers, titles and half-titles slightly spotted, some marginal staining in volume 4, binding slightly rubbed
First English translation, after the first Madrid edition of 1786. An important reference work on colonial Spanish America, arranged as an alphabetical gazetteer of places, with a wealth of statistics and data on each, as well as a dictionary of terms peculiar to the Americas in the last volume.
The present work contains descriptions for all the major provinces of Latin America, as well as Spanish outposts in the present day Southwest and Southeast, including Florida and California. Borrows from most of the reliable contemporary and earlier accounts of travel and exploration. Translated from the Spanish by G. A. Thompson. Sabin quotes Lowndes as stating that this edition, because of its additions, is far superior to the original Spanish version. The text is here in an early form, with advertisement to subscribers slip, and a 3 pp. preliminary list of subscribers in vol.I, but before the insertion of the substitute list of subscribers printed with volume III, but designed to replace the initial list. The text is sometimes accompanied by a series of folding maps not present here.
Sabin 683.
First English translation, after the first Madrid edition of 1786. An important reference work on colonial Spanish America, arranged as an alphabetical gazetteer of places, with a wealth of statistics and data on each, as well as a dictionary of terms peculiar to the Americas in the last volume.
The present work contains descriptions for all the major provinces of Latin America, as well as Spanish outposts in the present day Southwest and Southeast, including Florida and California. Borrows from most of the reliable contemporary and earlier accounts of travel and exploration. Translated from the Spanish by G. A. Thompson. Sabin quotes Lowndes as stating that this edition, because of its additions, is far superior to the original Spanish version. The text is here in an early form, with advertisement to subscribers slip, and a 3 pp. preliminary list of subscribers in vol.I, but before the insertion of the substitute list of subscribers printed with volume III, but designed to replace the initial list. The text is sometimes accompanied by a series of folding maps not present here.
Sabin 683.