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…

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Titre :

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 naturaly history and physiological disquisitions ; particulary 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

Auteur :

Henry Johnson

Adresse :

London : Printed for T. Osborne in Gray's Inn. M DCC XLVIII

Éditeur :

Thomas Osborne

Date :

1748

Description matérielle :

XXIII-341 p., 9 f. de pl. dépl. (dont 4 cartes) ; in-8.

Source :

Bibliothèque nationale de France (2023)

Note de la BnF

Trad. avec des additions par Henry Johnson de "Individual, y verdadera relacion de la extrema ruyna que padecio la Ciudad de los Reyes Lima", publié à Lima en 1746, dû à Pedro Lozano, d'après Sabin. Cette attribution à P. Lozano est contestée par Uriarte.

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