voyage to South America
Subtitle: describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent: undertaken, by command of the king of Spain, by Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa ... Translated from the original Spanish; with notes and observations; and an account of the Brazils.
By: By John Adams, Esq., of Waltham Abbey ... Illustrated with plates.
Contributors: Adams, John, Esq. of Waltham Abbey
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Printed for J. Stockdale [etc.]
Published: 1807
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Scientific expeditions.; South America.; Spain -- Colonies. -- America.; Peru.; Colombia.; Chile.
Notes: Translation of Ulloa's Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional ... Madrid, 1748.

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.

John Adams was not the translator of the English editions, but merely furnished the "Notes and observations" and "Account of the Brazils".

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.

Sabin 36813.

Copy also in GENERAL COLLECTION.