N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924. First U.S. Edition. xi, 313 pages frontispiece (portrait), b&w plates, folded map 23 cm; errata slipped boiund in. Fine in an about good+ amply chipped jacket now in archival mylar. Folding map at rear in fine condition with very tiny tear to innermost fold, where map is glued to rear board. . Hardcover.
Graham presents the Río de la Plata conquest as a harsh collision between Spanish ambition and an unforgiving river frontier. His sketches show expeditions plagued by hunger, revolt, and geographical bewilderment, exposing how these early failures left a deeper imprint on the region’s later political and cultural life than any short-lived victories.
