A True and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake, which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighbouring port of Callao, on the 28th of October, 1746. : With an account likewise of every thing material that passed there afterwards to the end of November following. : Published at Lima by command of the viceroy / and translated from the original Spanish, by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lozano, Pedro, 1697-1752.

Johnson, H. (Henry), 1698?-1760, translator.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6348.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes.

Earthquakes--Peru.

Peru.

Earthquakes--Peru--Lima.

Earthquakes--Peru--Callao (Callao).

Peru--Callao (Callao).

Peru--Lima.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : London printed: Philadelphia reprinted, and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, at the new-printing-office, near the market., 1749.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Running title: Account of the late earthquake.

Translated by Henry Johnson from an anonymous pamphlet, entitled Individual, y verdadera relacion de la extrema ruyna que padeciö ... Sometimes attributed to Pedro Lozano. Cf. the Dictionary of national biography, s.v. Johnson.

"Some considerations on the causes of earthquakes."--p. 42-52.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 6348).

Cited in:

Evans 6348

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1163

Miller, C.W. Franklin, 476

Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 5

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