Historical sketch of Pepys' island in the south Pacific [i.e. Atlantic] ocean [electronic resource] / from the work on the Rio de la Plata, by P. de Angelis.

Historical sketch of Pepys' island in the south Pacific [i.e. Atlantic] ocean [electronic resource] / from the work on the Rio de la Plata, by P. de Angelis.

Buenos-Aires : [s.n.], 1842.

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An account of an island supposed to lie off the coast of Patagonia, to the north of the Falkland islands. The author credits its existence, which had previously been generally denied. For an earlier discussion of the question see James Burney, A chronological history of the voyages and discoveries in the South sea, London, 1816, v. 4, p. 137-140.
The Spanish original is prefixed to Antonio de Viedma's Diario de un viage in Angelis' Colección, t. 6.

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