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245 02 $aA true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighbouring port of Callao, on the 28th of October, 1746.$cPub. at Lima by command of the viceroy, and tr. 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. Interspersed with passages of natural history and physiological disquisitions; particularly an enquiry into the causes 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.
250 $a2d ed.
260 $aLondon,$bPrinted for T. Osborne,$c1748.
300 $axxiii, 341 p.$bfront. (fold. map) 5 fold. pl., 3 fold. plans.$c21 cm.
500 $a"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 que padeciò ... Lima." first published at Lima in 1746. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 30, p. 14.
500 $a"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.
500 $aThe 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.
651 0 $aPeru$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aLima (Peru)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aCallao (Callao, Peru)$xDescription and travel.
650 0 $aEarthquakes$zPeru.
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