A Voyage to South America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns, Provinces, Etc,: on That Extensive Continent Undertaken, By Command of the King of Spain, By Don George Juan and Don Antonio De Ulloa, Captains of the Spanish Navy... Volume II only
by [LATIN-AMERICA]. Juan, Don George And Don Antonio De Ulloa (Trans. John Adams)
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London: John Stockdale, 1807. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Illustrated with plates: Plate VI - folding Plan of Lima; Plate VII - folding Plan of Cape St. Francois (with illus of horsemen roping cattle). Leather covers deteriorated and detached. Volume II only lacking volume I. 419pp., text clean and tight, plus index and title pages foxed. Marbled edges. Modern abridgement of Relacion historica del viage a la America, 5 v.
Description of Gauchos working in Peru. See GRIFFIN 2865 - "A distinguished work recording the observations of two young naval lieutenants attached to the French scientific expedition to South America. Invaluable not only as an account of their travels in the years 1735-1744 but also for its data on the geography, ethnology, natural resources and social life of the colonies and as a record of the Condamine expedition.
Description of Gauchos working in Peru. See GRIFFIN 2865 - "A distinguished work recording the observations of two young naval lieutenants attached to the French scientific expedition to South America. Invaluable not only as an account of their travels in the years 1735-1744 but also for its data on the geography, ethnology, natural resources and social life of the colonies and as a record of the Condamine expedition.
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- Maggie Lambeth (US)
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- Title
- A Voyage to South America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns, Provinces, Etc,
- Author
- [LATIN-AMERICA]. Juan, Don George And Don Antonio De Ulloa (Trans. John Adams)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- John Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1807
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