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
Subtitle: with an account likewise of every thing material that passed there afterwards to the end of November following
By: published at Lima by command of the Viceroy, and translated from the original Spanish, by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries ; to which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction ; and of the kingdom of Peru in general, with its inhabitants ; setting forth their manners, customs, religion, goverment, commerce, &c. ; interspersed with passages of natural history and physiological disquisitions ; particularly an enquiry into the cause of earthquakes ; the whole illustrated with a map of the country about Lima, plans of the road and town of Callao, another of Lima ; and several cuts of the natives, drawn on the spot by the translator
Series: Landmarks II, monographs
Publisher: Printed for T. Osborne
Published: 1748
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Earthquakes -- Peru; Peru -- Description and travel
Notes: "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" cf. Pref., p. xiii

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