Voyages and discoveries in South-America
Subtitle: the first up the river of Amazons to Quito in Peru, and back again to Brazil, perform'd at the command of the king of Spain / by Christopher D'Acugna. The second up the river of Plata, and thence by land to the mines of Potosi / by Mons. Acarete. The third from Cayenne into Guiana, in search of the lake of Parima, reputed the richest place in the world / by M. Grillet and Bechamel
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Digitization Project
Publisher: Printed for S. Buckley at the Dolphin over against St. Dunstan's church in Fleet Street
Published: 1698
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: fre; spa
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Description and travel; Early works to 1800; Discoveries in geography; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Relation of the great river of Amazonas in South-America; Account of a voyage up the River de la Plata and thence over land to Peru; Journal of the travels of John Grillet and Francis Bechamel into Guiana in the year 1674; First up the river of Amazons to Quito in Peru, and back again to Brazil, perform'd at the command of the king of Spain; Second up the river of Plata, and thence by land to the mines of Potosi; Third from Cayenne into Guiana, in search of the lake of Parima, reputed the richest place in the world; Discovery of the River of Amazons; Voyage to Peru up the R. de la Plata; Travels in search of the Lake of Parima; Course of the river of Amazons; Map of the provinces Paraguay and Tucuman with the River Plate
Notes: "Done into English from the originals, being the only accounts of those parts hitherto extant. The whole illustrated with notes and maps."

Part 1 has caption title; parts 2 and 3 have special title-pages.

Added title page title, part 2: An Account Of A Voyage Up The River de la Plata, And thence over Land to Peru. With Observations on the Inhabi-tants, as well indians and Spaniards ; the Cities, Commerce, Fertility, and Riches of that Part of America. By Mons. Acarete du Biscay.

Added title page title, part 3: A Journal Of The Travels Of John Grillet, and Francis Bechamel Into Guiana, In the Year, 1674. In Order to Discover the Great Lake of Parima, and the many Cities said to be situated on its Banks, and reputed the Richest in the World.

Map of Amazon River (13 x 28 cm.) has title: The course of the river of Amazons / described according to the relation of F. Chr. d'Acugna by Monsr. Sanson, geographer in ordinary to the French king. London : Printed for S. Buckley.

Map of Rio de la Plata (14 x 28 cm.) has title: A map of the provinces Paraguay and Tucuman with the River Plate. London : Printed for S. Buckley.

Pages 169-176 pagination numbering repeated; text information difers from p. 169-176.

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Alden-Landis. European Americana, 609/236

Wing (2nd ed.) V746

Moraes, R.B. de. Bib. Brasiliana (1983 ed.), p. 12-13

JCB lib. cat., 1675-1700, p. 379

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Lib. copy former owners: Thomas Wakefield, and, J. Farrand Williams, with his bookplate.

Lib. copy pagination: viii p., [1] folded leaf of plates, 190 p. [i.e. 198], [1] leaf, [1] folded leaf of plates, [80] p., [2] leaves, 68 p.

Lib. copy pagination sequence, first set: ... 175, 176, (169), (170), (171), (172), (173), (174), (175), (176), 177, 178, etc.