A voyage to South America : Describing at large, the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, & c. on that extensive continent. Interspersed throughout with reflexions on whatever is peculiar in the religion and civil policy; in the genius, customs, manners, dress, & c. of the several inhabitants; whether natives, Spaniards, creoles, Indians, mulattoes, or negroes. Together with the natural as well as commercial history of the country. And an account of their gold and silver mines. Undertaken by command of the king of Spain
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The account of the scientific work of the expedition, written by Jorge Juan Y Santacilia, was published separately, Madrid, 1748, under title, "Observaciones astronomicas, y phisicas hechas ... en los reynos del Perú ..." It is not included in this translation.The "Resumen historico del origen, y succession de los Incas, y demas soberanos del Perú", by Garcilaso de la Vega, found in the original, is omitted from this translation.A translation of Ulloa's Relacion historica del viaje a la America Meridional ... Madrid, 1748.Microform.Chicago,Library Resources,1972.1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. Reduction ratio varies.(Library of American civilization).
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