The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of American 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

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Large 8vo, 5 volumes, pp xx, 574; 597; 512; 636; xlii, 462, 105 pages and folding chart. 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 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. Fine set. N° de ref. del artículo 6371

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