Waikna; or, Adventures on the Mosquito Shore

  • 1855
By Bard, Samuel A. (pseud. of Ephraim George Squier)
1855. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855.

8vo, 366 pp., illustrated throughout. Original green cloth, ex-library copy with bookplate and edges stamped "ship's library". A bit worn and soiled, tear to last leaf without loss, a solid reading copy.

ß First edition. Description of travel to Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras). Appendix at end of text has chapters on history of area as well as information about mosquitos.

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Title

Waikna; or, Adventures on the Mosquito Shore

Author

Bard, Samuel A. (pseud. of Ephraim George Squier)

Condition

Unknown

Date

1855


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