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
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
printed for Jonah Bowyer, at the Rose in Ludgate-Street
1717, MDCCXVII. [1717]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | A leaf headed 'Directions to the binder', extra to the collation, is bound after the preface. - English Short Title Catalog, T145981. - Goldsmiths', 5338. - Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas. - Sabin, 25926. - The postscript by Dr. Halley is in vindication of his sea-chart made to shew the variations of the compass. - Title page printed in red and black |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([14],335,[9]p.,plates) maps 4° |