South America.- Ulloa (Antonio de) and Jorge Juan y Santacilla. A voyage to South-America: describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent, first edition in English, 2 vol., 7 engraved maps and plates, of which 6 folding, 3pp. advertisements at end of vol.1, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, spines in compartments (lacking labels), upper cover detached, rather worn, [Hill 1741; Sabin 36813], Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Grays-Inn-Gate, Holborn, 1758.

⁂ 'the most entertaining and satisfactory of its kind; the authors are the acknowledged source of much that has been published in other forms' (Sabin). The authors were captains of the Spanish navy and were attached to a French expedition to South America organized by the Académie des Sciences. Juan took charge of the scientific observations and Ulloa the historical aspects of the expedition.