first edition
Albuquerque; (1967)
by Floyd, Troy S.
Albuquerque; (1967): The University of New Mexico Press. First Edition. Octavo. 235pp. Text. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Central America between the main mountain ranges and the Caribbean coast was, like Georgia, Texas and the Guianas, a contested frontier. The author traces for the first time the history of the Anglo-Spanish struggle for the immense "Kingdom of Mosquitia" a struggle that began in the seventeenth century with short naval war between the Spanish and the British Providence Company and ending during the War of the American Revolution. He gives details on the origins of the English alliance with the Sambo-Miskitos, the connections between buccaneering, slave raids, contraband and more. Bound in beige cloth pictorially stamped in green, spine lettering green A very nice copy in unclipped just jacket with rubbing along front fold of jacket, light fading to spine.
(Inventory #: 010338)