[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée par Samuel A. Ruddock New York, 13 juillet 1825 2 pp. in-4
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300 / 500
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Invendu
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EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. SAMUEL RUDDOCK, VÉTÉRAN DE BUNKER HILL, LUI PRÉSENTE UNE CARTE DE L’AMÉRIQUE DU SUD DONT LE DESTIN SEMBLE À L’ÉPOQUE ÊTRE CELUI D’UNE NOUVELLE AMÉRIQUE : “THE MARCH OF LIBERTY HAS SPREAD OVER THAT BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY" Samuel A. Ruddock montre à Lafayette “the great Map which I have made of South America, and which is the labor and toil of many years, spent in making astronomical observations, in order to obtain the true latitude and longitude of some thousands of plans before uncertain as to their location. During my rout the march of Liberty has spread over that beautiful Country. Much valuable geographical and statistical information, I have obtained from Priests and Engineers, in manuscript maps of the interior, which is of the first respectability". Ildécrit ensuite son voyage en Amérique du Sud. Samuel A. Ruddock, describing himself as a Military and Topographical Engineer of New York, produced that year A Statistical and Geographical Atlas of North America ; showing the latitude and longitude of the capital cities, their distances from each other in every direction, from Quebec to Panama. He is best known for a map of Colleton District, South Carolina, published in 1820.
