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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Contributors: The English editor.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Published / Created: [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)

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