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Title

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 ... Pub. at Lima by command of the viceroy, and tr. 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 ... Interspersed with passages of natural history and physiological disquisitions; particularly an enquiry into the causes 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 ...

Publication

London, Printed for T. Osborne, 1748.

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Description

xxiii, 341 [3] p. front. (fold. map) 5 fold. pl., 3 fold. plans.; 20.5 cm.

Subjects

• Earthquakes > Early works to 1800
• Peru > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Lima (Peru) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Callao (Callao, Peru) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Earthquakes > Peru > Lima, 1746

Note

• "A true and particular relation of the dreadful ruin in which Lima ... was involved" (p. 131-199) is a translation by Henry Johnson of the "Individual, y verdadera relacion de la extrema ruyna que padeciò ... Lima." first published at Lima in 1746. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 30, p. 14.
• "Appendix. A full account of the late dreadful earthquake at Port-Royal in Jamaica; in two letters written by the minister of that place [Rev. E. Heath] from a-board the Granada in Port-Royal harbour [1692]": p. [326]-334.
• The bulk of the work, including the description of Peru and its cities and the scientific observations, is a compilation from various authors, made, not by the translator, but "by another hand." cf. Pref., p. xiii.
• "Books lately printd for Thomas Osborne," [3] p. at end.

Indexed In (note)

• Sabin

Call Number

*KC 1748 (True and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima (2nd ed.))

LCCN

06009321

OCLC

30422613

Title

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 ... Pub. at Lima by command of the viceroy, and tr. 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 ... Interspersed with passages of natural history and physiological disquisitions; particularly an enquiry into the causes 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 ...

Imprint

London, Printed for T. Osborne, 1748.

Edition

2. ed.

Indexed In:

Sabin 42593

Local Note

Copy 2: Lenox Collection.

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Research Call Number

*KC 1748 (True and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima (2nd ed.))