Voyages dans l'Amerique du Sud. Contenant I. Voyage dans l'interieur des Guyanes (1876-1877) Exploration du Maroni et du Yary. II. De Cayenne aux Andes (1878-1879) Exploration de l'Oyapock, du Paou, de l'Ica et du Yapura. III. A Travers la Nouvelle-Grenade et le Venezuela (1880-1881) Exploration, en Compagnie de M. E. Le Janne, du Magdelena, du Guaviare et de l'Orenoque. IV. Excursion chez les Guaraounos (1881)

Crevaux, J. [Crevaux, Docteur Jules]

Verlag: Libraire Hachette et Cie 1883, Paris, 1884

Beschreibung

French language. xvi, 636 pp. Full red publisher's cloth and morocco spine with elaborate gilt and black tribal and Native American decoration; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Slight rubbing to joints and corners, and the minimal marks, otherwise all clean and gilt bright. Very minor spots throughout but generally internally clean. With 253 incredible engraved black & white illustrations, many of which are full page, four maps, and 6 facsimiles of Crevaux's journals. Jules Crevaux was a French army doctor who became a major explorer of the rivers and rainforests of South America, leading four expeditions, into French Guiana, into the basins of the Amazon, Madalena and Orinoco rivers; in April 1882, on his final expedition exploring the Pilcomayo River he was betrayed by his Indigenous guide and beaten to death by the T obas people. A wonderfully preserved, near fine feast for the eyes. 34 cms tall. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. Large 4to. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 70900

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Titel: Voyages dans l'Amerique du Sud. Contenant I....

Verlag: Libraire Hachette et Cie 1883, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1884

Einband: Leather Spine Decorative Cloth

Zustand: Near Fine