The discovery and conquest of the New World : containing the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving-- a separate account of the conquest of Mexico and Peru by W.W.Robertson -- A Perfect history of the United States from the works of Bancroft, Fiske, Blaine, Grant, Sherman, Johnston, and others, by Benjamin Rush Davenport, master of critical condensation Introduction by the Hon. Murat Halstead--

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Robertson, W. W., 1721-1793.

Davenport, Benjamin Rush.

Wright, F. E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Columbus, Christopher.

Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.

Peru.

Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540.

Mexico.

United States--History.

United States.

America--Discovery and exploration.

America.

Physical Description:

xlviii, 857 p. : ill.(some col.), ports., maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Syndicate Publishing Co., [1892].

Notes:

Nearly six hundred illustrations from the greatest artists, portraying every scene of the world's grandest drama.

The selections from Robertson comprises books V and VI with parts of book III of his History of America.

Maps on lining papers.

Local Notes:

HSP copy inscribed: D.H.Sensenig, April, 1893.

OCLC:

34600524