BERO JÓZEF
IN THE LANDS OF THE AYMARS AND ARAUCANS
THE STORY OF IGNACY DOMEYCE
1st ed.
illustrated by: Tadeusz Jadłowski
Warsaw 1955, Nasza Księgarnia, pp [2] 194, format: 17x24 cm
HARDBACK BINDING
Ignacy Domeyko coat of arms Dangiel, Ignacy Domejko, alias Żegota (born July 31, 1802 in Niedźwiadka Wielka, died January 23, 1889 in Santiago, Chile) - Polish geologist, mineralogist, mining engineer, meteorologist, explorer of South America; prototype of Żegota from the third part of Adam Mickiewicz's Dziady (Forefathers' Eve), rector of the University of Santiago.
DB condition/ cover scuffs, front pastedown with rubbed off fragment