Author: HAZARD, Samuel.
Title: Santo Domingo, past and present; with a glance at Hayti.
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873.Original pictorial cloth, rebacked with the original spine laid down. With frontispiece, folding map and numerous wood-engravings. XXIX,511 pp.First edition. - An historical, topographical and economic account of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, profusely illustarted. Samuel Hazard went to Santo Domingo in 1871 as an independent newspaper correspondent to report on the United States Commission that was investigating the overall condition of the island. Congress had been considering Santo Domingo's application for admission into the Union. The volume includes a substantial bibliography.

Keywords: America Caribbean Central America Haiti Islands St. Domingo