(PERU) Ulloa Antonio de; and Jorge Juan y Santacilla Relacio

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(PERU.) Ulloa, Antonio de; and Jorge Juan y Santacilla. Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional. 11 (of 12) maps, 22 (of 23) plates, and text illustrations. [24], 404, [4], 405-682; [12], 379, [4], 381-603, cxcv pages. 4 volumes in 2. Large 4to, contemporary calf, worn, backstrips chipped; intermittent moderate dampstaining, minor worming to the first few leaves only, lacking a map and the large historical plate from the final volume, edges tinted red; title pages in red and black; early inscriptions on title pages. Madrid: Marín, 1748

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first edition. The 1735 French Geodesic Mission measured the curvature of the earth at the equator in what is now Ecuador. Ulloa and Juan y Santacilla were Spanish naval officers who accompanied the expedition. On their return, they published this important study of their travels, with a particular focus on Peruvian and Incan culture. Offered without the related "Observacions astronomica y phisicas" volume that was issued at the same time. European Americana 748/206; Hill 1739; Medina, BHA 3464; Palau 125471; Sabin 36811.