A description of Patagonia and the adjoining parts of South America: containing an account of the soil, produce, animals, vales, mountains, rivers, lakes, &c. of those countries; the religion, government, policy, customs, dress, arms, and language of the Indian inhabitants; and some particulars relating to Falkland Islands / By Thomas Falkner, who resided near forty years in those parts. Illustrated with a new map of the southern parts of America, engraved by Mr. Kitchin ... [Compiled by W. Combe].

  • Falkner, Thomas, 1707-1784.
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A description of Patagonia and the adjoining parts of South America: containing an account of the soil, produce, animals, vales, mountains, rivers, lakes, &c. of those countries; the religion, government, policy, customs, dress, arms, and language of the Indian inhabitants; and some particulars relating to Falkland Islands / By Thomas Falkner, who resided near forty years in those parts. Illustrated with a new map of the southern parts of America, engraved by Mr. Kitchin ... [Compiled by W. Combe]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Hereford : Printed by C. Pugh; London : T. Lewis, 1774.

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2 unnumbered leaves, iv, 144 pages : map ; (4to)

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Sabin 23734
Imperfect: map wanting
Compiled from the author's papers, by William Combe. cf. Dict. Nat. Biog. Thomas Pennant published another account under the title "Of the Patagonians. Formed from the relation of Father Falkener, a Jesuit " printed at the private press of George Allan of Darlington in 1788 (40 copies) and reprinted in the appendix to "The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant. By himself," London, 1793.

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