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A voyage to South America / Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa ; the John Adams translation, abridged, introduction by Irving A. Leonard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716-1795.
- Series:
- Borzoi books on Latin America
- Borzoi books on Latin America.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientific expeditions.
- Manners and customs.
- South America--Description and travel.
- South America.
- South America--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 245 pages ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A.A. Knopf, 1964.
- Notes:
- "LA-5"
- A translation of Ulloa's Relación histórica 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: pages [244]-245.
- OCLC:
- 177621
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