A voyage to South-America describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent: undertaken by command of the king of Spain, by Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa ... Translated from the original Spanish. With notes and observations; and an account of the Brazils / By John Adams, Esq., of Waltham Abbey ... Illustrated with plates.

  • Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716-1795.
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1807
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A voyage to South-America describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent: undertaken by command of the king of Spain, by Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa ... Translated from the original Spanish. With notes and observations; and an account of the Brazils / By John Adams, Esq., of Waltham Abbey ... Illustrated with plates. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London : Printed for J. Stockdale [etc.], 1807.

Physical description

2 volumes, 6 folded plates (including plans) : folded frontispiece (folded map) ; (8vo)

Edition

5th ed.

Notes

Translation of Ulloa's Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional ... Madrid, 1748
The Resumen historico del origen, y succession de los Incas, y demas soberanos del Perú, by Garcilaso de la Vega, found in the original, is omitted from this translation
John Adams was not the translator of the English editions, but merely furnished the "Notes and observations" and "Account of the Brazils"
The account of the scientific work of the expedition, written by Jorge Juan y Santacilia, was published separately, Madrid, 1748, under title: Observaciones astronomicas, y phisicas hechas ... en los reynos del Perú ... It is not included in this translation.

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    EPB/B/52359.v2
  • Vol. 1

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    EPB/B/52359.v1

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