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Author Skinner, Joseph.

Title 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 comp. in the Peruvian capital; and embellished by twenty engravings of costumes, etc
Published London : R. Phillips, 1805

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 ADPML SPC  918.5003 Pre/Pso  LIB USE ONLY
Description xiv, 487 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, xx color plates. (including frontispiece) ; 28 x 22 cm
Contents Part I. The Peruvian territory -- Part II. Natural history -- Part III. Mineralogy -- Part IV. Commerce -- Part V. The Peruvian capital -- Part VI. Indian and other inhabitants of Peru -- Part VII. Topography -- Part VIII. Miscellaneous subjects of literature and philosophy -- Appendix
Notes Preface signed: Joseph Skinner
From the Mercurio peruano "as it was carried on during the first sixteen months, commencing with January 1791, and from various authentic sources ... 'Present state of Peru' has been compiled."- Pref., p. viii
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Indians of South America -- Peru.
SUBJECT Peru. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79055130
Author Mercurio peruano de historia, literatura y noticias publicas