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1. Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.

Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.
Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769–1859
Date:
1810 [that is, 1813?]
Physical Description:
2 volumes (xvi, 350 pages, 69 leaves of plates) : 69 illustrations (engraving, aquatint, some color) ; 59 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Travels in South America, during the years 1819-20-21 : containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile.

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Creator:
Caldcleugh, Alexander, d. 1858
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Voyage historique de l'Amerique Meridionale : fait par ordre du roi d'Espagne / par Don George Juan ... et par Don Antoine de Ulloa ... ouvrage orné des figures, plans et cartes necessaires ; et qui contient une histoire de Yncas du Perou, et les observations astronomiques & physiques, faites pour déterminer la figure & la grandeur de la terre.

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Creator:
Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716–1795
Date:
1752
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Cuzco : a journey to the ancient capital of Peru : with an account of the history, language, literature, and antiquities of the Incas: and Lima: a visit to the capital and provinces of modern Peru: with a sketch of the viceregal government, history of the republic, and a review of the literature and society of Peru / with illustrations and a map by Clements R. Markham.

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Creator:
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830–1916
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
iv, 419 p., [9] leaves of plate (mostly col.) : ill., fold. map ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Exploration of the valley of the Amazon / by Lieut. Wm. Lewis Herndon, United States Navy ; with map and plates.

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Creator:
Herndon, William Lewis, 1813–1857
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [2], 6-414 pages, 16, [1] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, color map ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Travels in various parts of Peru, including a year's residence in Potosi, by Edmond Temple...

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Creator:
Temple, Edmond
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
2 v. front., illus., plates, map. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich islands, during the years 1821 and 1822. With miscellaneous remarks on the past and present state, and political prospects of those countries. By Gilbert Farquhar Mathison, esq.

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Creator:
Mathison, Gilbert Farquhar
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
xii p., 1 l., 478 p. col. front., plates (part col.) fold. map. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Drawings of Peruvian costume.

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Date:
ca. 1820?
Physical Description:
1 volume (12 drawings) : watercolor over graphite ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The present state of Peru : comprising its geography, topography, natural history, mineralogy, commerce, the customs and manners of its inhabitants, the state of literature, philosophy, and the arts, the modern travels of the missionaries in the heretofore unexplored mountainous territories, etc., etc. / the whole drawn from original and authentic documents, chiefly written and compiled in the Peruvian capital and embellished bytwenty engravings of costumes, &c.

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Creator:
Skinner, Joseph
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xiv, 487 p. : col. plates ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Nova typis transacta navigatio : Novi Orbis Indiæ Occidentalis admodum reverendissimorum PP. ... Dn. Buellii Cataloni abbatis montis Serrati, & in vniversam Americam, sive Novum Orbem sacræ sedis Apostolicæ Romanæ â latere legati, vicarij, ac patriarchæ : sociorumq[ue] monarchorum ex Ordine S.P.N. Benedicti ad suprà dicti Novi Mundi barbaras gentes Christi S. Evangelium prædicandi gratia delegatorum sacerdotum dimissi per S.D.D. Papam Alexandrum VI. Anno Christi 1492 : nunc primum e varijs scriptoribus in vnum collecta, & figuris ornata / authore venerando Fr. Don Honorio Philopono Ordinis S. Benedicti Monacho.

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Creator:
Philoponus, Honorius
Date:
1621.]
Physical Description:
[12], 101, [3] p., [1], 18 leaves of plates : ill., music ; 30 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Researches, concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America, with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras! / written in French by Alexander de Humboldt & translated into English by Helen Maria Williams.

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Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769–1859
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. An historical and descriptive account of the Peruvian sheep, called carneros de la tierra : and of the experiments made by the Spaniards to improve the respective breeds : to which is added, an account of a successful attempt to domesticate the vicuña in England, and a recommendation of this species to cross with our native flocks / by William Walton.

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Creator:
Walton, William, 1784–1857
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
vi, 183 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts