Author: ROBINSON, Wirt. Title: A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and the island of Curaçao West Indies in the year 1892.
Description: Cambridge, University Press, 1895. Original pictorial green cloth with picture of flying bird in silver on front cover. With double-page coloured map of Curaçao, folding coloured map of Colombo, 4 coloured lithograped plates after J.G. Keuleman and many ilustrations. X,194 pp. First edition. - His first major trip in 1892 was to the island of Curaçao in Columbia accompanied by his wife Alice Phinney. With many photographs and illustrations and with observations of the people as well. - Fine. Wood 540.
Keywords: Caribbean Colombia Curaçao Islands Nederlandse Antillen
Price: EUR 302.50 = appr. US$ 328.77 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36811