The geographical, natural, and civil history of Chili. /
Tr. from the original Italian of the Abbe Don J. Ignatius Molina. To which are added, notes from the Spanish and French versions, and two appendixes, by the English editor; the first, an Account of the Archipelago of Chiloe, from the Descripcion historial of P. F. Pedro Gonzalez de Agueros; the second, an Account of the native tribes who inhabit the southern extremity of South America, extracted chiefly from Falkner's description of Patagonia.
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[London] :
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,
1809.
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Notes: | "Apparently a copy of the American edition of 1808, with a few alterations and some additions, but without any acknowledgment of the American original."--Sabin. Originally published in Italian as two separate works, viz.: Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili, Bologna, 1782, and Saggio sulla storia civile del Chili, Bologna, 1787. Physical description: 2 v. : fold. map ; 22 cm. (8vo) more |