The geographical, natural, and civil history of Chili / Translated from the original Italian of the Abbe Don J. Ignatius Molina. To which are added, notes from the Spanish and French versions, and two appendixes, by the English editor. The first, an Account of the Archipelago of Chiloe, from the Descripcion historial of P. F. Pedro Gonzalez de Agueros; the second, an Account of the native tribes who inhabit the southern extremity of South America, extracted chiefly from Falkner's description of Patagonia.
- Molina, Giovanni Ignazio, 1740-1829.
- Date:
- 1809
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. English
Publication/Creation
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ..., 1809.
Physical description
2 volumes : folded frontispiece (map) ; (8vo)
Notes
"Apparently a copy of the American edition of 1808, with a few alterations and some additions, but without any acknowledgment of the American original"--Sabin
Originally published in Italian as two separate works, viz.: Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili, Bologna, 1782, and Saggio sulla storia civile del Chili, Bologna, 1787
References note
Palau 174567
Holdings
- Complete set
Where to find it
Vol. 1
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/B/37034.v1Vol. 2
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/B/37034.v2