Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, by Which Italy Communicates With France, Switzerland, and Germany, Vol. 2: Containing the Cornice, the Grimsel and the Gries, the Bernardin and the Splugen, th

Excerpt from Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, by Which Italy Communicates With France, Switzerland, and Germany, Vol. 2: Containing the Cornice, the Grimsel and the Gries, the Bernardin and the Splugen, the Brenner, the Tende and the Argentière, and the Simplon The author left Genoa for Nice by this route in September 1826. Many parts of the road were at that time unfinished, and about twelve hours of the journey was aocomplished by him on mules. During the summers of 1826 and 1827, the road, which was begun under the government of Napoleon, was made passable for carriages throughout; and the better policy which now seems to influence the members of the Sardinian government will, it is hoped, induce them to attend to its preservation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.