The Spaniards in Peru Or the Death of Rolla : A Tragedy in Five Acts. (Paperback)

Title: The Spaniards in Peru or The death of Rolla: a tragedy in five acts. Author: August von Kotzebue Publisher: Gale Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin s famed bibliography Bibliotheca Americana Sabin Americana 1500--1926 contains a collection of books pamphlets serials and other works about the Americas from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration pioneering and westward expansion the U.S. Civil War and other military actions Native Americans slavery and abolition religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North Central and South America as well as the Caribbean this collection highlights the society politics religious beliefs culture contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres sermons political tracts newspapers books pamphlets maps legislation literature and more. Now for the first time these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand making them readily accessible to libraries students independent scholars and readers of all ages. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Source Library: Huntington Library Document ID: SABCP01843600 Collection ID: CTRG96-B118 Publication Date: 17990101 Source Bib Citation: Selected Americana from Sabin s Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Different translations by Thomas Dutton Richard Heron and Matthew Gregory Lewis published under titles: Pizarro in Peru or The death of Rolla. London 1799; Pizarro; or The death of Rolla. London 1799; and: Rolla; or The Peruvian hero. London 1799. Also an adaptation by Richard Brinsley Sheridan published under title: Pizarro; a tragedy in five acts. London 1799. Later editions published under title: Pizarro. The Spaniards in Peru; or The death of Rolla. Collation: vi 93 p.; 22 cm. (8vo).