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DE CHASTELLUX, THE MARQUIS (WITH A REVISED TRANSLATION BY HOWARD C. RICE, JR. ) - Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781 and 1782 (Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture)

Title: Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781 and 1782 (Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture)
Description: Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1963. Revised Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Two volume set with a cardboard slipcase. The books are in Very Good+ condition. The Slipcase is in Very Good- condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "François Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux (5 May 1734, in Paris – 24 October 1788, in Paris) , was a military officer who served during the War of American Independence as a major general in the French expeditionary forces led by general Comte de Rochambeau. Being on general Rochambeau's staff for the duration of the war, Chastellux acted as the principal liaison officer between the French commander in chief and George Washington. However the Chevalier de Chastellux was also widely recognized, at the time of his campaigns in America, as a highly talented man of letters and a member of the Académie française.". Very Good+ .

Keywords: American History Marquis De Chastellux Howard C. Rice, Jr. American Revolution Travel Travel & Exploration Americana

Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 36391

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