The States of Central America; Geography, Topography, Climate, Population, Resources, Productions, Commerce, Aborigines, etc, . . .& the proposed Honduras Inter-oceanic Railway

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1858, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine edges worn, joint repaired, short tear to title page margin, interior is quite clean and fine in good cover, complete with all plates, maps, etc.. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xvi, [17] - 782 pp, 5 folding maps including folding frontis map, 8 lithographed plates, 57 wood engraved illustrations including full-page & 2 foldout plates, tables, bibliog, index. . An expanded work including Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, the Bay Islands, the Mosquito Shore. The author, a former Charge d'Affaires of the US to Central America, was the most knowledgeable traveller in the area and gives a detailed description of all aspects of the countries including the political and social but with much on the geography, the towns, the native peoples, etc. The attractive plates include Island of Tigre, Comayagua, Intibucat, River Ulua, Puertos Caballos, Port of La Union, Rio Lempa, Jiboa, etc. 'He was honored at home and abroad as one of the most distinguished Americanists of the nineteenth century and is perhaps the best single authority on Central America on the period' [DAB]. Griffin 4411: 'The most complete work on Central America'. Grieb CA886: 'It combines personal observation with scholarly research in an effort to offer a comprehensive account in encyclopedic detail of the region'. Sabin 89998 A picture of this book is available on request by email.