A true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighbouring port of Callao, on the 28th October, 1746 ... / translated from the original Spanish [of P. Lozano], by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries [i.e. H. Johnson]. To which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction; and of the kingdom of Peru in general ... The whole illustrated with a map of the country about Lima, plans of the road and town of Callao, another of Lima; and several cuts of the natives, drawn on the spot by the translator.
- Pedro Lozano
- Date:
- 1748
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighbouring port of Callao, on the 28th October, 1746 ... / translated from the original Spanish [of P. Lozano], by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries [i.e. H. Johnson]. To which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction; and of the kingdom of Peru in general ... The whole illustrated with a map of the country about Lima, plans of the road and town of Callao, another of Lima; and several cuts of the natives, drawn on the spot by the translator. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Callao and Lima. about 79 Degrees 24 Minutes ^ Weft, and from London 76 Degrees 59 Minutes. Callao was much longer than broad. The Its Extent. Streets were all in a Line, but did not for the general interfedl each other at Right An¬ gles, nor divide the Tov/n into ^the ufual Dimenfions, or common Square, obferved in other Places They were likewife fp intollerably dufty that there was no walk¬ ing in them with any Satisfadiion The Houfes were for the moil part of but one Story. By the Sea*fide flood the Cover-vice- nor’s Houfe, and Palace of the Vice-Roy. FeuilUe fays this lail was a very magnificent Strudture^ and that when any Ship arrived in the Port, the Vice-Roy came froni Lima ^ná lodged there |]. According to Frezier thefe two Buildings took up two Sides of a Square 3 the Pariih-church mak- * Confequently 59 Degrees 24. Minutes from the liland of Ferroy which was found by Obfervation tQ be 20 Degrees Weft of Paris, f FeuilUe fays they were broad and fpacious. % Frez, p. 200, (j FeuilUe Journ, des Obf. dans Ind. Occid. Vol. L P* 397- B 2 ing](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3050725x_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
