HADFIELD, William.
Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands; with the Cape Horn Route to Australia. Including notices of Lisbon, Madeira, the Canaries, and Cape Verds.
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854.
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William Hadfield (1806-1887) was a successful English business who made his fortune in Brazil and Argentina following the boom in the South American economy after the Napoleonic Wars. He resided in both Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, making money investing in railways and steamships including founding the first steamship agency in Buenos Aires.
First edition; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); lithograph frontispiece, 3 folding maps, one of which large coloured, numerous in-text wood engravings, bookplate to pastedown, small tear to map hinge without loss; publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, lower inner hinge split, a very good copy; [2], vi, 384pp.
Sabin 29486.
First edition; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); lithograph frontispiece, 3 folding maps, one of which large coloured, numerous in-text wood engravings, bookplate to pastedown, small tear to map hinge without loss; publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, lower inner hinge split, a very good copy; [2], vi, 384pp.
Sabin 29486.
Stock code 114381
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Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands;
Regular price
$889.00
Sale price
$889.00
Regular price