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A voyage to the South-sea, along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing the genius and constitution of the inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards ...

Title
A voyage to the South-sea, along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing the genius and constitution of the inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards ... By Monsieur Frezier ... Illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the coasts ... printed from the author's original plates ... With a postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley ... And an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay.
Author
Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773.
Publication
London, Printed for J. Bowyer, 1717.

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TextRestricted use *KC 1717 (Frezier, A. F. Voyage to the South-sea)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
Halley, Edmund, 1565-1742.
Description
7 p.l., 335, [9] p. illus, (music), XXXVII pl. (part double, incl. fron., maps, plans); 23.5 x 19 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • An extra plate (numbered 36) precedes pl. XXVI; XXX omitted in numbering plates.
Call Number
*KC 1717 (Frézier, A. F. Voyage to the South-sea)
OCLC
23618229
Author
Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773.
Title
A voyage to the South-sea, along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing the genius and constitution of the inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards ... By Monsieur Frezier ... Illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the coasts ... printed from the author's original plates ... With a postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley ... And an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay.
Imprint
London, Printed for J. Bowyer, 1717.
Local Note
Copy 1: Plates engr. by A. Berey la fils, Fonbonne, N. Guérard, N. Guérard le fils, and I.B. Scotin. Maps and plans after Frézier.
Copy 1: Lenox Collection.
Copy 2: Second preliminary leaf (Dedication "To His Royal Highness George prince of Wales"), plates 4, 9-11, 15-17, 22, 24, 29-30, 35-36 (extra), wanting.
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Halley, Edmund, 1565-1742.
Research Call Number
*KC 1717 (Frézier, A. F. Voyage to the South-sea)
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