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A voyage to South America : Describing at large, the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent. Undertaken by command of the king of Spain (v.2)

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Type of record: Book

Title: A voyage to South America : Describing at large, the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent. Undertaken by command of the king of Spain (v.2)

Other titles: Relación histórica del viage a la América Meridional

Level: Item

Classmark: Geography J-8.5 JUA

Creator(s): Ulloa, Antonio de (1716-1795)

Additional creator(s): Juan y Santacilla, Jorge (1713-1773) (Other); Adams, John Esq. of Waltham Abbey (Other)

Publisher: Printed for Lockyer Davis, in Holborn; printer to the Royal Society

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1772

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 volumes, VII folded leaves of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/206484

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010444079705181

Description

Written by Ulloa alone. First published, Madrid, 1748, under title: Relación histórica del viage a la América meridional. Jorge Juan's account of the scientific work of the expedition was published separately under title: Observaciones astronomicas, y phisicas hechas... en los reynos del Peru.


Does not include a translation of Garcilaso de la Vega's Resumen historico del origen, y succession de los Incas, found in the original edition.


Frontispiece map engraved by Thos. Bowen; other plates engraved by J. Mynde.


Bookseller's advertisement (John Donaldson) on [2] pages at end (volume 1).


Includes index.


Indexed in: ESTC T138361.

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