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. [electronic resource] : 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.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes--Peru--Early works to 1800.

Earthquakes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii,[1],341,[3]p.,IXplates ) maps ;

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

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

Place of Publication:

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

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 anón., t.1, 1904, no.1032).

With a final advertisement leaf.

The titlepage is a cancel.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T147502.

OCLC:

508938135