Some Observations on the Letters of Amerigo Vespucci. Read before the Congr`es International des Am`ericanistes at Brussels. September, 1879
by Force, M. F
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Cincinnati: Robert Clare & Co, 1885. 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches]. 24 pp. Original green printed wrappers. With the stamp of the Minnesota Historical Society (withdrawn) and an inscription at the top reading "From Robert Clarke.
Manning Ferguson Force (1824-1899) was a Harvard graduate and lawyer who rose to the rank of brigadier general in Grants' Army of the Republic who fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg and Atlanta. He was the author a two books on law and on 'mound building' in the upper Ohio Valley.
His presentation on the voyages of Vespucci is a thorough discussion of the sources for information on the Vespucci, citing both Spanish and Portuguese historians and the bibliographical work of Henry Harrisse which appears in his monumental Bibliotheca Amricana Vestutissima. Although delivered in 1879 it was not until six years later that Robert Clarke printed the manuscript.
Manning Ferguson Force (1824-1899) was a Harvard graduate and lawyer who rose to the rank of brigadier general in Grants' Army of the Republic who fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg and Atlanta. He was the author a two books on law and on 'mound building' in the upper Ohio Valley.
His presentation on the voyages of Vespucci is a thorough discussion of the sources for information on the Vespucci, citing both Spanish and Portuguese historians and the bibliographical work of Henry Harrisse which appears in his monumental Bibliotheca Amricana Vestutissima. Although delivered in 1879 it was not until six years later that Robert Clarke printed the manuscript.
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- Some Observations on the Letters of Amerigo Vespucci. Read before the Congr`es International des Am`ericanistes at Brussels. September, 1879
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- Force, M. F
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- Robert Clare & Co
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1885
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