Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional : hecho de orden de S. Mag. para medir algunos grados de meridiano terrestre, y venir por ellos en conocimiento de la verdadera figura, y magnitud de la tierra, con otras varias observaciones astronomicas, y phisicas

By

Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716-1795

Juan, Jorge, 1713-1773
Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616 , Resumen historico del origen y succession de los Incas y demas soberanos del Peru

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

En Madrid, Por Antonio Marin, año de M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748]

Notes

Written by Antonio de Ulloa; cf. Prologo. The account of the scientific work of the expedition, written by Jorge Juan, was published separately, Madrid, 1748, under title: Observaciones astronomicas, y phisicas hechas ... en los reynos del Perù

Vol. 1: [24], 404 p., [1], XIII leaves of plates (13 folded); v. 2: [4], [405]-682 p., XIV-XXI [i.e. XX(?)] [7] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [12], 379, [1] p. (last p. blank), [1], X leaves of plates (10 folded); v. 4: [4], [381]-603, [1], cxcv, [1] p. (last p. blank), XI-XII, [1] folded leaf of plates.

Signatures: vol. 1: pi⁴ 2[par.]-3[par.]⁴ A-3D⁴ A-3D⁴ 3E²; vol. 2: pi⁴ 3F-4Q⁴ chi1; vol. 3: [par.]⁴ pi² A-3A⁴ 2B²; vol. 4: pi² 3C-5H⁴ chi²

Title page in red and black; title-page vignette.

Includes indexes.

"Resumen historico del origen, y sucession de los Incas, y demas soberanos del Perù ... [por Garcilaso de la Vega]": cxcv p. at end of v. 4.

Errata: v. 1, p. [23] (1st count); v. 3, p. [11] (1st count)

Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana, | III : 879.

Landis, D.C. European Americana, | 748/206.

Medina, J.T. Bib. hispano-americana, | 346.

Subjects

America , Arc measures , Colonies , Discovery and exploration , Imprint 1748 , Scientific Expeditions , Social life and customs , South America , Spain

BHL Collections

Publicaciones en Español

Call Number

QB291 .J92

Language

Spanish

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156863
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/03004814