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

Author/Creator:

Lozano, Pedro, 1697-1752, author.

Contributor:

Lozano, Pedro, 1697-1752.

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

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, printer.

Hall, David, 1714-1772, printer.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes.

Earthquakes--Peru.

Peru.

Earthquakes--Peru--Lima.

Earthquakes--Peru--Callao (Callao).

Peru--Callao (Callao).

Peru--Lima.

Physical Description:

52 pages ; 8⁰

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:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Cited in:

Evans, 6348

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1163

Miller, C.W. Franklin, 476

English Short Title Catalog, W28209.

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