A voyage to the South-Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, [electronic resource] : 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.
1717
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A voyage to the South-Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, [electronic resource] : 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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Relation du voyage de la Mer du Sud, aux côtes du Chily et du Pércu. English
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London : printed for Jonah Bowyer, at the Rose in Ludgate-Street, MDCCXVII. [1717]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[14],335,[9]p.,plates : maps ; 4⁰.
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Title page printed in red and black.
A leaf headed 'Directions to the binder', extra to the collation, is bound after the preface.
The postscript by Dr. Halley is in vindication of his sea-chart made to shew the variations of the compass.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
A leaf headed 'Directions to the binder', extra to the collation, is bound after the preface.
The postscript by Dr. Halley is in vindication of his sea-chart made to shew the variations of the compass.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
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Goldsmiths', 5338
Sabin, 25926
English Short Title Catalog, T145981.
Sabin, 25926
English Short Title Catalog, T145981.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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