Recollections of travels in Nicaragua [manuscript] [between 1866 and 1889].

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Recollections of travels in Nicaragua [manuscript] [between 1866 and 1889].

A brief sketch of some aspects of life in Nicaragua, from the author's recollections of his travels there during the last half of the 1800's, probably between 1849 and 1866.

1 item (12 leaves) ; 34 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318489

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