The accidental traveller: John Adam’s journey through northern Spain, 1779–1780 = El viajero accidental: la jornada de John Adams por el norte de España, 1779–1780

<p>In 1779, John Adams, the future second president of the United States, traveled in mid-winter across northern Spain. En route to Paris to negotiate a peace treaty between Great Britain and its rebellious former North American colonies, a leaking vessel forced Adams and his party to land exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard L. Kagan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) 2015-12-01
Series:Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie IV, Historia Moderna
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Online Access:http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/ETFIV/article/view/15636