Peru -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
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Parte Primera de la Crónica del Perú, Que Trata de las Demarcación de sus Provincias: La Descripción Dellas; Las Fundaciones de las Nuevas Ciudades; Los Ritos y Costumbres de los Indios; Y Otras Cosas Extrañas Dignas de Ser Sabidas (only part published around authors lifetime; in Spanish; 1553), by Pedro de Cieza de León (multiple formats at archive.org)- The Seventeen Years Travels of Peter De Cieza, Through the Mighty Kingdom of Peru, and the Large Provinces of Cartagena and Popayan in South America: From the City of Panama, on the Isthmus, to the Frontiers of Chile, Now First Translated From the Spanish, and Illustrated With a Map, and Several Cuts (London, 1709), by Pedro de Cieza de León, trans. by John Stevens (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A True and Particular Relation of the Dreadful Earthquake Which Happen'd at Lima, the Capital of Peru, and the Neighbouring Port of Callao, on the 28th of October, 1746; With an Account Likewise of Every Thing Material That Passed There Afterwards to the End of November Following (London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1748)
- The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru (London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1883), by Pedro de Cieza de León, ed. by Clements R. Markham (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Segunda Parte de la Crónica del Perú, Que Trata del Señorío de los Incas Yupanquis y de Sus Grandes Hechos y Gobernación (in Spanish; Madrid: Imp. Manuel Gines Hernandez, 1880), by Pedro de Cieza de León, ed. by Marcos Jiménez de la Espada
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Filed under: Peru -- Description and travel- Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru, by Hiram Bingham
- Pérégrinations d'une Paria (1833-1834) (2 volumes, in French; Paris: A. Bertrand, 1838), by Flora Tristan (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise: Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an Account of the Atrocities Committed Upon the Indians Therein (London and Leipzig: T. F. Unwin, 1913), by W. E. Hardenburg, ed. by C. Reginald Enock, contrib. by Roger Casement
- A Search for the Apex of America: High Mountain Climbing in Peru and Bolivia, Including the Conquest of Huascarán; With Some Observations on the Country and People Below (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1911), by Annie S. Peck (page images at HathiTrust)
- Travels in Peru, During the Years 1838-1842, On the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Corderillas and the Andes, Into the Primeval Forests (London: D. Bogue, ca. 1847), by Johann Jakob von Tschudi, trans. by Thomasina Ross (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Travels in Peru, During the Years 1838-1842, On the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Corderillas and the Andes, Into the Primeval Forests (new edition; New York: G.P. Putnam, 1852), by Johann Jakob von Tschudi, trans. by Thomasina Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
- Travels in Peru, During the Years 1838-1842, On the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Corderillas and the Andes, Into the Primeval Forests (new edition; New York: A.S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1854), by Johann Jakob von Tschudi, trans. by Thomasina Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
- Across Unknown South America (London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913), by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Oasis de Arte (in Spanish; Paris: Casa Editorial Garnier Hermanos, ca. 1910), by Zoila Aurora Cáceres, contrib. by Rubén Darío (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Peru Illustrated: or, Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas (New York: Hurst and Co., c1877), by E. G. Squier
- Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas (New York: Harper and Bros., 1877), by E. G. Squier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Travels in the United States, Etc., During 1849 and 1850, by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (page images at MOA)
- Lima Gozosa: Descripcion de las Festibas Demonstraciones, con Que Está Ciudad, Capital de la América Meridional Celebró la Real Proclamacion de El Nombre Augusto del Catolico Monarcha El Señor Don Carlos III (in Spanish; 1760), contrib. by José A. Manso de Velasco (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Travels in Peru, During the Years 1838-1842, On the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Corderillas and the Andes, Into the Primeval Forests (London: D. Bogue, ca. 1847), by Johann Jakob von Tschudi, trans. by Thomasina Ross (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Travels in Peru, During the Years 1838-1842, On the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Corderillas and the Andes, Into the Primeval Forests (new edition; New York: G.P. Putnam, 1852), by Johann Jakob von Tschudi, trans. by Thomasina Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
- Travels in Peru, During the Years 1838-1842, On the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Corderillas and the Andes, Into the Primeval Forests (new edition; New York: A.S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1854), by Johann Jakob von Tschudi, trans. by Thomasina Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies (4 volumes; London: Printed for the editor et al., 1795), by William Winterbotham
- An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies (second edition, 4 volumes; London: Printed for the compiler, 1799), by William Winterbotham (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West Indies (4 volumes; New York: Printed by Tiebout and O'Brien for J. Reid, 1796), by William Winterbotham
- The Seventeen Years Travels of Peter De Cieza, Through the Mighty Kingdom of Peru, and the Large Provinces of Cartagena and Popayan in South America: From the City of Panama, on the Isthmus, to the Frontiers of Chile, Now First Translated From the Spanish, and Illustrated With a Map, and Several Cuts (London, 1709), by Pedro de Cieza de León, trans. by John Stevens (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru (London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1883), by Pedro de Cieza de León, ed. by Clements R. Markham (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Marchants Avizo: Verie Necessarie for Their Sonnes and Servants, When They First Send Them Beyond The Seas, as to Spayne and Portingale, or Other Countreyes (London: Impr. by T. Orwin, 1590), by J. B. (page images at Yale)
- The Whole Art of the Stage: Containing Not Only the Rules of the Drammatick Art, But Many Curious Observations About It, Which May Be of Great Use to the Authors, Actors, and Spectators of Plays, Together With Much Critical Learning About the Stage and Plays of the Antients (London: Printed for the author and sold by W. Cadman et al., 1684), by François-Hédelin Aubignac (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya (English translations only; 1921), by Śaṅkarācārya, trans. by S. Venkataramanan (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Analysis of Beauty: Written With a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste (London: J. Reeves, 1753), by William Hogarth (page images at Wisconsin)
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757), by Edmund Burke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Indagación Filosófica Sobre el Orígen de Nuestras Ideas Acerca de lo Sublime y lo Bello (in Spanish; Alcalá: Oficina de la Real Universidad, 1807), by Edmund Burke, trans. by Juan de la Dehesa (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Essay on the Beautiful (From the Greek of Plotinus) (London: J. M. Watkins, 1917), by Plotinus, trans. by Thomas Taylor (Gutenberg text)
- Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry, With Remarks Illustrative of Various Points in the History of Ancient Art (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1887), by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, trans. by Ellen Frothingham
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, by Edmund Burke (HTML at Bartleby)
- Aristotle on the Art of Poetry (aka Poetics), by Aristotle, trans. by Ingram Bywater, contrib. by Gilbert Murray (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by S. H. Butcher (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Hamilton Fyfe (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- The Art of Poetry: An Epistle to the Pisos (in Latin and English), by Horace, ed. by George Colman (Gutenberg text)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Rhys Roberts (HTML at Internet Classics)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by John Henry Freese (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- A Geographical Historie of Africa (London: G. Bishop, 1600), by Leo Africanus, trans. by John Pory
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (London: The author, 1789), by Olaudah Equiano
- The Travels of Ibn Batūta;: Translated from the Abridged Arabic Manuscript Copies Preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge, With Notes Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiques, &c Occurring Throughout the Work (London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee, 1829), by Ibn Batuta, ed. by Samuel Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Caution to Great Britain and Her Colonies, in a Short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions (new edition; London: J. Phillips, 1785), by Anthony Benezet
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdomes and Common-Wealths Thorowout the World, Discoursing of Their Situations, Religions, Languages, Manners, Customes, strengths, Greatnesse, and Policies (London: Printed by I. Haviland for I. Partridge, 1630), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-Weales Thorough the World, Discoursing of Their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengthes and Pollicies (London: Printed for J. Jaggard, 1611), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson
- The Voyage of Hanno: Translated, and Accompanied With the Greek text, Explained From the Accounts of Modern Travellers, Defended Against the Objections of Mr. Dodwell and Other Writers, and Illustrated by Maps from Ptolemy, d'Anville, and Bougainville (in Greek and English; London: Sold by T. Cadell, jun. and Davies, 1797), by Hanno, ed. by Thomas Falconer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. (Philadelphia: Commercial Museum, 1912), by Hanno, trans. by Wilfred H. Schoff (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: Delivered at the Request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, Being the Completion of the Third Century Since That Memorable Event; To Which Are Added Four Dissertations (Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1792), by Jeremy Belknap
- A Complete History of Algiers; To Which is Prefixed, An Epitome of the General History of Barbary, From the Earliest Times, Interspersed With Many Curious Passages and Remarks, Not Touched on by Any Writer Whatever (London: Printed by J. Bettenham for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1731), by J. Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
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