The reign of Doctor Joseph Gaspard Roderick de Francia in Paraguay;: Being an account of a six years' residence in that republic, from July 1819 to May 1825

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Author: Johann Rudolph Rengger (1795-1832) and Marcelin Francois Xavier Longchamps Year: 1827 Publisher: Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance Co Place: London Description: xvi+208 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound Contemporary quarter green cloth and plain boards, paper lettering piece on spine. (Naylor A16, Sabin 69615) First edition. Johann Rudolph Rengger was a Swiss naturalist and doctor, author of a book on exploration in Paraguay with Marcelin Longchamps. After a stay in Paris, Rengger decided, together with doctor M. Longchamp from the canton of Vaud, to undertake a research trip to South America. In 1818, they embarked in Le Havre and arrived in Buenos-Aires. Here, their attention soon turned on to the secure conditions of Paraguay. So they went up to the Entre Ríos Province, waited for eight months in Corrientes because the leader Artigas had blocked the stream traffic, and didn't reach Asunción until 1819. The pair based themselves at Asunción for six years and made a series of expeditions throughout Paraguay, writing extensively on the natural history of the country. From its independence until 1840, Paraguay was largely isolated from the rest of the world due to the policies of the dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, otherwise known as El Supremo, a play on his title 'Supreme and Perpetual Dictator', and although Rengger and Longchamp were able to travel the country, they had to do so under strict supervision. In 1825, the two men unexpectedly received a permit

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