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 ... / By Monsieur Frezier ... Illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the coasts ... printed from the author's original plates ... With a postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley ... And an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay.

  • Amédée-François Frézier
Date:
1717
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Credit: 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 ... / By Monsieur Frezier ... Illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the coasts ... printed from the author's original plates ... With a postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley ... And an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the S. W. of it, is a little Ifland, and at W. N. W. a Rock, which is feen at a Diftance. On theN. E. Side of it is faid to be a dangerous Bank, and another to the N. W* which ftretches out near half a League; therefore few think fit to make ufe of the Anchoring-Places which are to the North and South of a Point it has next the Land, as alfo becaufe there is but little Water. When we had pafs’d by S. May], it was not long before Tokens oft» we defcry’d thofe the Spaniards call Tetas de Biobio, that is, Conception, T‘he Dugs of Biobio, which are ten Leagues dlftant to the N.E. They are two contiguous Mountains, almoft uni¬ formly high and round like Dugs ; fo difcernible, that it is impoffible to be miftaken in them. Night coming upon us, we lay by at about four Leagues Diftance W. S. W. from thence, and the next Morning found ourfelves ex¬ actly in the fame Place; by which we perceiv’d that there was neither Current nor Tide. At Noon we had an Obfervation W. by S. from the Dugs, SeePUteVIfv. and found 3 6 Degrees, 45 Minutes Latitude, which is the exa& Pofition, with refpeft to n Degrees Variation N. E* Thus they appear an Eaft 5 thefe are of that Sort of Sights of Land as vary little, tho’ feen from feveral Points of the Compafs. , * Being Plate VII. Page 47. explain'd in Englifh. The Plan of the Bay of La C O N C E P TIO N, on the Coaft of Chili, in 36 Degrees, 43 Minutes of South Latitude. Echelle d’une Lieiie Marine, 2853 Toifes, A Scale of a Sea-League, be¬ ing 2853 Fathoms. Kuifleau qui traverfe la Ville, A Rivulet that runs thro' the Town, Bafle, A Shoal. ^ Nord de l’aimant declinant de 10 D. au N.E. The North Point of the Compafs, inclining 10 Degrees to the N. E, Nord du monde, The due North. Mamelles de Biobio, Two Mountains call'd the Dugs of Biobio. Vue de reconnoiifance de la-Concepcion, How the Land appears upon- making La Conception. Alto de Talcaguana, The High Land of Talcaguana, Puerto de S. Vicente, Port S. Vincent. Tstas de Biobio, The Dugs of Biobio, as above*