1899 Our Islands and Their People

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Complete in two large folio volumes.

In the original cloth binding.

Undated, dated from copies held by Hathi Trust.

Copiously illustrated throughout, including twenty-four colour plates, four full-page maps and numerous in-text monochrome images. Collated, complete. 

This work explores the topography, geography, agriculture, inhabitants and other resources of islands acquired from Spain during the Spanish-American war, including Hawaii and the Philippines. Combining descriptive and statistic fact of the populations, customs, homes, landscapes and material resources. 

“Embracing perfect photographic and descriptive representations of the people and their islands lately acquired from Spain”.

With an introduction by Major-General Joseph Wheeler, a military commander and Confederate politician. He was a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish-American and Philippine–American Wars.

Edited and arranged by William S. Bryan.