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Author Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716-1795.

Title A voyage to South America / [by] Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa. The John Adams translation, abridged. Introd. by Irving A. Leonard.

Imprint New York : Knopf, 1964.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  918 Ul4v c.2  ---  Lib Use Only
Description ix, 245 p. ; 19 cm.
Series Borzoi books on Latin America
Note "LA-5."
A translation of Ulloa's Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional ... Madrid, 1748.
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 Peru ..." It is not included in this translation.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. [244]-245.
Subject Scientific expeditions.
South America -- Description and travel.
South America -- Social life and customs.
Added Author Juan, Jorge, 1713-1773.
Adams, John, Esq. of Waltham Abbey.

 
    
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