Peru - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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A voyage to the South-Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru , in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing The Genius and Constitution of the Inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards: Their Customs and Manners; their Natural History, Mines, Commodities, Traffick with Europe, &c. By Monsieur Frezier, Engineer in Ordinary to the French King. Illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the Coasts, Harbours, Cities, Plants, and other Curiosities: printed from the author's original plates inserted in the Paris edition. With a postscript by Dr. Edmun Halley, Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford. And an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay.
Amédée-François FrézierDate: MDCCXVII. [1717]- E-books
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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, by Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa, Both Captains of the Spanish Navy; Fellows of the Royal Society of London; Members of the Royal Academy at Paris, &c. &c. Translated from the original Spanish.
Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716-1795.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]