(BRAZIL) La Condamine Charles Marie de Relation abrégée dun

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(BRAZIL.) La Condamine, Charles Marie de. Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique méridionale. Folding map, folding plate. 8vo, later marbled paper-covered 1/2 calf by Maria Fenssel, minor wear; moderate dampstaining, repaired fold tear to map with minimal loss Maestricht, 1778

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La Condamine was part of the same 1735 joint French-Spanish scientific expedition as Ulloa and Juan y Santacilia; this abridgement of his travels discusses that mission to what is now Ecuador, as well as later travels in Brazil and Guyana. Two appended letters appear in print here for the first time. Borba de Moraes, page I:448; Hill 959; Palau 129374; Sabin 38485.