Waikna; or, Adventures on the Mosquito Shore by Samuel A. Bard.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855.
Price: $150.00
About the item
First edition. Illustrated. xii, [13]-366 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown blindstamped cloth. Spine a bit chipped, and split at front joint else Fine. Sabin 90002.
Item #217698
Colorfully written account of the artist/writer's prolonged sojourn on the Mosquito Coast (of present-day Nicaragua) after a shipwreck, with accounts of life in the Mosquito capital city of Bluefields, Mosquito and Carib Indian customs, hunting tapir and the manitus or sea-cow, river travels, folklore, and stories. A lengthy historical sketch, extracts from earlier literature, and a brief vocabulary of the Mosquito language are included.
