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. To which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their Destruction; and of the Kingdom of Peru in general, with its Inhabitants; setting forth their Manners, Customs, Religion, Government, Commerce, &c. Interspersed with Passages of Natural History and physiological Disquisitions; particularly an Enquiry into the Cause of Earthquakes. The Whole illustrated with a map of the Country about Lima, Plans of the Road and Town of Callao, another of Lima; and several cuts of the Natives, drawn on the Spot by the Translator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lozano, Pedro, 1697-1752.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Individual, y verdadera relacion de la extrema ruyna que padecio la Ciudad de los Reyes Lima. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes--Peru--Lima--Early works to 1800.

Earthquakes.

Lima (Peru)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Lima (Peru).

Peru--Lima.

Physical Description:

xxiii pages, 1 unnumbered page,341 pages, 3 unnumbered pages,plates : maps ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Osborne in Gray's Inn, MDCCXLVIII. [1748]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Attributed to Pedro Lozano by Barros Arana (Notas para una bibl. 1882, p.92), but this attribution is questioned by Uriarte (Cat. razonado de obras anon. t.1, 1904, no.1032).

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

Sabin, 42593

English Short Title Catalog, T154244.

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