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 [microform] : with an account likewise of every thing material that passed there afterwards to the end of November following /
London : Printed for T. Osborne,
1748.
"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 pue 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"--Pref., p. xiii.
Includes bibliographical references.
Sabin 42593
Microfiche.
Earthquakes