Chile - Description and travel
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An historical relation of the kingdom of Chile , by Alonso de Ovalle Of The Company of Jesus, A Native of St. Jago of Chile, and Procurator at Rome for that Place. Printed at Rome by Francisco Cavallo, 1649. with License of his Superiors. Translated out of Spanish into English.
Ovalle, Alonso de, 1601-1651.Date: 1703- E-books
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The sequel to Bulkeley and Cummins's voyage to the South-Seas or, the adventures of Capt. Cheap, the Hon. Mr. Byron, Lieut. Hamilton, Alexander Campbell, and others, late of his Majesty's Ship the Wager, which was wreck'd on a desolate Island in Lat. 47. S. Long. 81. 40. W. in the South-Seas, Anno 1741. Containing A faithful Narrative of the unparallel'd Sufferings of these Gentlemen, after being left on the said Island by the rest of the Officers and Crew, who went off in the Long-Boat. Their deplorable Condition, desperate Enterprizes, and prodigious Distresses, till they fell into the Hands of the Indians, who carried them into New Spain, where they remained Prisoners of War, till sent back to Europe, on the Terms of the Cartel, in 1746. The whole interspersed with Descriptions of the Countries in which the various Scenes of their Adventures lay; the Manners, &c of the American Indians and Spaniards, and their Treatment of the Author and his Companions. By Alexander Campbell, Late Midshipman of the Wager.
Campbell, Alexander, Midshipman of H.M.S. Wager.Date: [1747]