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Voyages and discoveries in South-America : the first up the river of Amazons to Quito in Peru, and back again to Brazil, perform'd at the command of the King of Spain by Christopher D'Acugna : the second up the river of Plata, and thence by land to the mines of Potosi by Mons Acarete : the third from Cayenne into Guiana, in search of the lake of Parima, reputed the richest place in the world by M. Grillet and Bechamel : done into English from the originals, being the only accounts of those parts hitherto extant : the whole illustrated with notes and maps.

Van Pelt - Microtext STC II Reel 903:7.
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Format:
Microformat
Contributor:
Béchamel, François, 1637-1676.
Series:
Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 903:7.
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
South America--Description and travel.
South America.
French Guiana--Description and travel.
French Guiana.
Brazil--Description and travel.
Brazil.
Amazon River--Description and travel.
Amazon River.
Río de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay).
South America--Río de la Plata.
Physical Description:
viii, 190, that is, 198, 79 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 68 pages : [2] folded maps
35 mm
monochrome
service copy
positive
Other Title:
Account of a voyage up the river de la Plata, and thence over land to Peru.
Journal of the travels of John Grillet and Francis Bechamel into Guiana.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for S. Buckley ..., 1698.
Notes:
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
"An account of a voyage up the river de la Plata, and thence over land to Peru ..." has special t.p. and separate pagination.
"A journal of the travels of John Grillet and Francis Bechamel into Guiana..." has special t.p. and separate pagination.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 903:7)
Cited in:
Wing V746
Contains:
Acuña, Cristóbal de, 1597- Nuevo descubrimiento del gran rio de las Amazonas. English
Acarete, du Biscay, active 17th century. Relation des voyages dans la rivière de la Plate. English
Grillet, Jean, 1624-1677. Journal du voyage qu'on fait les Per̀es Jean Grillet et François Bećhamel ... dans la Goyane l'an 1674. English.
OCLC:
12368276

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