HISTORY, THE ARTS, ART, ILLUSTRATORS

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1948. 8vo. 130 pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover, grey cloth, black and gilt title pieces. Minimal shelfwear. Clean and unmarked but for the artistic and relevant bookplate on front fixed endpaper (geographic rendering of Serra da Neblina, Brasil and Cerro de la Neblima, Venezuela) from the collection of noted naturalist and neotropical botanist Bassett Maguire. Study of the effects of altitude on Andean man as well as commentary on the political and sociologic history of the natives of this region and implications of native acclimization on the outcomes of past wars and conquests. Contents: Foreword by Isaiah Bowman, introduction, Evidence of Climatic Aggresssion, Fertility and Acclimization, Individual Acclimization, Racial Acclimization, Altitude and Military Operations, Summary, References, Index of Place Names and Proper Names. #1437.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Andes, Carlos Monge, Bassett Maguire, Andean Man, South America, anthropology, Geography, Biology, Altitude, High Elevation, Human Physiology, Conquest, War. more information

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