A voyage to South America : describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces &c., on that extensive continent : undertaken by command of the king of Spain / by Don George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa ; translated from the original Spanish ; with notes and observations and an account of the Brazils, by John Adams.

Author/creator Ulloa, Antonio de
Other author Adams, John, Esq. of Waltham Abbey.
Other author Juan, Jorge, 1713-1773.
Format Electronic
Edition4th ed.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for J. Stockdale, 1806.
Description2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subjects

Uniform titleRelación histórica del viage a la América Meridional. English
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteTravel.
Local note2012AG43501; 2012AG43502.
General noteTranslation of: Ulloa's Relación histórica del viage a la América Meridional ... Madrid, 1748.
General noteThe "Resumen historico del origen, y succession de los Incas, y demas soberanos del Perú", by Garcilaso de la Vega, found in the original, is omitted from this translation.
General noteThe account of the scientific work of the expedition, written by Jorge Juan y Santacilia, was published separately, Madrid, 1748, under title: Observaciones astronomicas, y phisicas hechas ... en los reynos del Perù. It is not included in this translation.
General noteJohn Adams was not the translator of the English edition, but merely furnished the "Notes and observations" and "Account of the Brazils."
General noteVol. 1: xxvii, 479 p.; v.2: [4], 419, [15] p.; 7 folded leaves of plates: plates 1-5 in v.1, plates 6-7 in v. 2.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 36813.

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