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Noticias Americanas : entretenimientos phisicos-historicos, sobre la América Meridional, y la Septentrianal Oriental : comparacion general de los territorios, climas, y produciones en las tres especies, vegetales, animales, y minerales: con relacion particular de las petrificaciones de cuerpos marinos de los Indios naturales de aquellos paises, sus costumbres, y usos: de las antiguedades: discurso sobre la lengua, y sobre el modo en que pasaron los primeros pobladores
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This title concerns much of Ulloa's travels in Peru and Educador, with some discussion of North America (including Louisiana, Mississippi), including the geography, antiquities, customs, language, ...
This title concerns much of Ulloa's travels in Peru and Educador, with some discussion of North America (including Louisiana, Mississippi), including the geography, antiquities, customs, language, and religion of Indians of North America. Includes genealogical tables on pages 242 and 246.
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- su autor don Antonio de Ulloa, comendador de Ocaña, en el orden de Santiago, gefe de Esquadra de la Real Armada, de la Real Sociedad de Londres y de las Reales Academias de las Ciencias de Stokolmo, Berlín, &c
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- Madrid : En la Imprenta de Don Francisco Manuel de Mena, Calle de las Carretas, MDCCLXXII [1772]
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- 24 unnumbered preliminary pages, 328, 319-407 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf : geneal. tables ; 22 cm (4to)
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- ocm03752830
- Divided into chapters labeled with ordinal numbers (primero-vigesimosecundo).
- Signatures: 3[star]⁴ A-3F⁴ [2].
- Errata: page 409.
- Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a colonial administrator, and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana. He is known for his scientific and astronomical writings.