A voyage to South America : describing at large, the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent. Interspersed throughout with reflexions on whatever is peculiar in the religion and civil policy, in the genius, customs, manners, dress, &c. &c. of the several inhabitants, whether natives, Spaniards, Creoles, Indians, mulattoes, or negroes. Together with the natural as well as commercial history of the country. And an account of their gold and silver mines / Undertaken by command of the King of Spain, by Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa, both Captains of the Spanish Navy, and members of the Royal Societies of London and Berlin, and of the Royal Academy at Paris. Translated from the original Spanish. Illustrated with copper plates. In two volumes.
By: Juan, Jorge
Contributor(s): Ulloa, Antonio de. Relación histórica del viage a la América Meridional. English
Language: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: London : Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holbourn, Printers to the Royal Society, MDCCLX [1760].Edition: The second edition, revised and correctedDescription: 2v. (xx, [4], 498; [4], 410, [18] p.). VII leaves of plates (folded) : ill., maps ; 21 cm.Subject(s): South America -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800Ownership: From the library of Henry Christy, 1810-1865| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Letter "b" from word "both" missing in author statement of vol. 1 title page.
Final 18 pages of vol. 2 are index.
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