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Book/Printed Material Sketch of the Mosquito shore : including the territory of Poyais, descriptive of the country : with some information as to its productions, the best mode of culture, &c., chiefly indended for the use of settlers

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Title

  • Sketch of the Mosquito shore : including the territory of Poyais, descriptive of the country : with some information as to its productions, the best mode of culture, &c., chiefly indended for the use of settlers

Names

  • Strangeways, Thomas.
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Edinburgh : Sold by William Blackwood ; London : T. Caddell, 1822.

Headings

  • -  Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)--Description and travel
  • -  Miskito Indians
  • -  Paya Indians

Notes

  • -  In the interest of an attempt to establish a permanent settlement under Sir Gregor M'Gregor. Cf. Squier, States of Central America, 1858, p. 82.
  • -  Sabin 92722
  • -  LC copy imperfect: plates wanting.
  • -  With: Memoir of the Mosquito territory / John Wright. London : J. Hatchard, 1808 -- Some account of the Mosquito territory ... / Robert Hodgson. 2nd ed. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1822. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1990.014.00.0004

Medium

  • viii, 355 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : port., map ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F1529.M9 S9
  • F1529.M9 S9 Copy 3 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05009918

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Strangeways, Thomas, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Sketch of the Mosquito shore: including the territory of Poyais, descriptive of the country: with some information as to its productions, the best mode of culture, &c., chiefly indended for the use of settlers. Edinburgh: Sold by William Blackwood ; London: T. Caddell, 1822. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/05009918/.

APA citation style:

Strangeways, T. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1822) Sketch of the Mosquito shore: including the territory of Poyais, descriptive of the country: with some information as to its productions, the best mode of culture, &c., chiefly indended for the use of settlers. Edinburgh: Sold by William Blackwood ; London: T. Caddell. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05009918/.

MLA citation style:

Strangeways, Thomas, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Sketch of the Mosquito shore: including the territory of Poyais, descriptive of the country: with some information as to its productions, the best mode of culture, &c., chiefly indended for the use of settlers. Edinburgh: Sold by William Blackwood ; London: T. Caddell, 1822. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05009918/>.