WALKER, William. - The war in Nicaragua.

Mobile, S.H. Goetzel & Co., 1860. Original embossed cloth (spine sl. discoloured). With engraved portrait of William Walker and folding coloured map of Colton's Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador & Costa Rica. Revised, enlarged. 431 pp. First edition. - The filibuster William Walker (1824-1860) tried to take over parts of Mexico and later on subjugated Nicaragua and appointed himself dictator, where he served from 1856-57. Walker as commander in chief, was recognized by the United States in May 1856. In a decree, dated September 22, he restored African slavery in Nicaragua. At his high point he was in complete control of Nicaragua, but made the mistake of shutting down the transit lines for steamships from one coast to the other, this at a time when Nicaragua served as the major crossing point. The steamship company was owned by the Vanderbilt's, and Walker lost much of his support from US sources. He returned to the United States briefly before venturing back to Central America. He was finally caught and shot by the Honduran army on September 12, 1860. Palau 373738.

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