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, by Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa ... /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Series: | Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Translation of: Relación histórica del viage a la América Meridional. According to the preface of the Spanish edition, the "Relación histórica ... " was written by Ulloa alone. The account of the scientific work of the expedition, written by Jorge Juan y Santacilla appeared separately at Madrid in 1748 under title: Observaciones astronomicas y phisicas hechas ... en los reynos del Perù ... The "Resumen historico del origen y succession de los Incas", by Garcilaso de la Vega, found in the Spanish original, is omitted from this translation.--NUC pre-1956. Includes index. Filmed from the holdings of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, cambridge, Mass. Reproduction of original from Library of the Arnold Arboretum, Botany Libraries, Harvard University. Goldsmiths'-Kress number 10841.9-1. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. |