The French Revolution in San Domingo
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780548012130
Subjects: Europe - France; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Modern - 18th Century; History / France; History : Europe - Spain & Portugal; History : Modern - 18th Century; History; History - General History; History: World
First sentence: THE European voyager who, on a morning of early 1789, raised the eastern cape of the island of San Domingo and sailed along its northern shore, had before his eyes substantially the panorama of to-day: a wall of high green hills, clothed with forests and backed by glimpses of mountain-peaks far in the hazy distance.