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: American fights and fighters series
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Published: 1916
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792; Essex (Whaleship); Dueling; Tonquin (Ship); 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 knights-errant of colonization.; title: Panama, Balboa and a forgotten romance.; title: Peru and the Pizarros.; title: The greatest adventure in history.; title: The yarn of the "Essex," whaler.; title: Some famous American duels.; title: The cruise of the "Tonquin".; title: John Paul Jones.; title: In the caverns of the Pitt.; title: Being a boy out West