Descripción histórico-topográfica de la Provincia de Quito de la Compañía de Jesús
By: Mario Cicala.
Contributors: Biblioteca Ecuatoriana "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit."
Publisher: Instituto Geográfico Militar
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Quito
Language: spa
Number of pages: 669
Subjects: Jesuits. Provincia de Quito.; Quito (Ecuador) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Ecuador -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Description: "First Spanish-language version, and first complete edition in any language, of Cicala's 1771 Descrizione istorico-física de la Provincia del Quito, heretofore known only through excerpts. Italian Jesuit who spent nearly 23 years (1743-67) in the future Ecuador provides minute description of the Audiencia of Quito. Exceptionally important historical geography source. Includes chapters on Popayán and Pasto and their districts"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: 'Biblioteca Ecuatoriana "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit."'
Translated from the Italian.