(SOUTH AMERICA) Ulloa Antonio de; and Jorge Juan y Santacill

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(SOUTH AMERICA.) Ulloa, Antonio de; and Jorge Juan y Santacilla. Voyage Historique de l'Amerique Meridionale. 2 frontispiece plates, 48 numbered plates as issued, 7 additional unnumbered plates for a total of 57 on 55 sheets. 3 parts in 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary calf, joints split, one cover detached, loss to heads of backstrips; some folding plates with frayed edges not affecting images, browning of some astronomic plates; armorial bookplates on front pastedowns. Amsterdam, 1752

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first french 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. Hill 1740; Palau 125473; Sabin 36812.