Voyages and discoveries in South-America the first up the river of Amazons to Quito in Peru, and back again to Brazil, perform'd at the command of the King of Spain by Christopher D'Acugna : the second up the river of Plata, and thence by land to the mines of Potosi by Mons Acarete : the third from Cayenne into Guiana, in search of the lake of Parima, reputed the richest place in the world by M. Grillet and Bechamel : done into English from the originals, being the only accounts of those parts hitherto extant : the whole illustrated with notes and maps.
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dc.contributor.author | Acuña, Cristóbal de, b. 1597. Nuevo descubrimiento del gran rio de las Amazonas. English. |
dc.contributor.author | Acarete, du Biscay, 17th cent. Relation des voyages dans la rivière de la Plate. English. |
dc.contributor.author | Grillet, Jean, 1624-1677. Journal du voyage qu'on fait les Per̀es Jean Grillet et François Bećhamel ... dans la Goyane l'an 1674. English. |
dc.contributor.author | Béchamel, François, 1637-1676. |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-09T20:35:08Z |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-09T20:35:08Z |
dc.date.created | 1698 |
dc.date.issued | 2007-01 |
dc.identifier | ota:A65182 |
dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/A65182 |
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dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.subject.lcsh | South America -- Description and travel. |
dc.subject.lcsh | French Guiana -- Description and travel. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Brazil -- Description and travel. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Amazon River -- Description and travel. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay) |
dc.title | Voyages and discoveries in South-America the first up the river of Amazons to Quito in Peru, and back again to Brazil, perform'd at the command of the King of Spain by Christopher D'Acugna : the second up the river of Plata, and thence by land to the mines of Potosi by Mons Acarete : the third from Cayenne into Guiana, in search of the lake of Parima, reputed the richest place in the world by M. Grillet and Bechamel : done into English from the originals, being the only accounts of those parts hitherto extant : the whole illustrated with notes and maps. |
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identifier.stc | ESTC R1215 |
otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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