South American fights and fighters
Subtitle: and other tales of adventure
By: by Cyrus Townsend Brady ... with illustrations by Seymour M. Stone, George Gibbs, W. J. Aylward and J. N. Marchand, together with reproductions from old prints and portraits.
Series: His American fights and fighters series
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co.
Published: 1910
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Jones, John Paul. 1747-1792; Essex (Whaleship); Tonquin (Ship); Dueling; Washita Campaign, 1868-1869; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish; Panama -- History; Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
Table of contents: title: Panama and the knight-errant of colonization.- Panama, Balboa and a forgotten romance.- Peru and the Pizarros.- The greatest adventure in history.- The yarn of the "Essex," whaler.- Some famous American duels.- The cruise of the "Tonquin".- John Paul Jones.- In the caverns of the Pitt.- Being a boy out West.