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Ober, Frederick Albion. [Vasco Nunez de Balboa.] **$1. Harper.
In continuation of the “heroes of American history” series. Mr. Ober offers a sketch of Balboa whose valorous exploits are tinged with fascinating romance. The various stages of his career show him a penniless adventurer, self-elected governor of Darien, savior of the settlement when on the point of dissolution, subjugator of the caciques, discoverer of the Pacific, servant of the king, and builder of the first brigantines that ploughed the waters of the Southern ocean. Finally as traitor to his sovereign he is executed in the town he had unwearyingly helped to found.
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O’Brien, William. Recollections. **$3.50. Macmillan.
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