Campagnes et croisières dans les états de Venézuéla et de la Nouvelle-Grenade
By: par un officier du 1er régiment de lanciers venézuéliens ; traduit de l'anglais ; portrait de Bolivar et carte de la Colombie.
Contributors: Mahoney, William D., attributed name.; Viollet, Alphonse, b. 1798.
Publisher: Aux Salons littéraires
Published: 1837
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Tobacco use -- South America.; South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.; Venezuela -- Description and travel.; Colombia -- Description and travel.; Chile -- Description and travel.; Venezuela -- History -- War of independence, 1810-1823.; Colombia -- History -- War of independence, 1810-1822.; Chile -- History -- War of independence, 1810-1824.
Notes: Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.), 41008
English original published in 3 v. (London, 1831); v. 2-3 have title: Tales of Venezuela. The present translation, by Alphonse Viollet, comprises v. 1 only; previously published in 1836 (Paris : Montardier). Cf. Palu y Dulcet, 41107.
Authorship attributed to Capt. Richard Longeville Vowell by Luis R. Zuloaga (cf. Boletin de la Biblioteca nacional (Caracas), Jan. 1, 1925, p. 163) and by J.T. Medina (cf. Bibliographical essays: a tribute to Wilberforce Eames (1924), p. 81-84); and to Capt. William D. Mahoney by Vicente Lecuna (cf. Cultura venezolana, June 1918, p. 84-85).
Illustrations: 2 prints (1 on folded leaf) : engraving ; full-page and plate mark 22 x 27 cm. Comprise port. of Bolivar and map of "Colombie et Guyanne."
"Il s'agissait, pour les Popayanaises, d'être totalement privées de tabac, maintenant que la vallée ... était occupée par les troupes indépendantes"--P. 223.