Notes on Colombia, Taken in the Years 1822-3. With an Itinerary of the Route from Caracas to Bogota

Richard Bache

H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1827

[An early American journey to recently independent Columbia]  Rebound in fine modern cloth. Good binding and cover. Top edge gilt. Hardcover.  Library stamps and markings.  viii, [9]-303 p.  Folding map, 2 folding plans.  Perforated stamps, some pencil marginalia, scattered spotting.  Sabin 2593. Shaw and Shoemaker 27920. 

Bache was an American army officer from Philadelphia.  He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson of Sallie Franklin Bache and Richard Bache, Great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin.  Bache describes an interesting meeting with Simon Bolivar's sister.