"PAPELES tocantes a la provincia de Venezuela," consisting of original despatches from the governors to the Spanish secretaries of state for the Indies, with official letters, reports, accounts, etc., relating to affairs of trade, revenue, and general government, the depredations of the Dutch, the defence of the province against the English, etc.; 1738-1798. Three volumes. Paper. Folio. From the Farnborough Fund.
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Julian de Arriaga, Spanish Colonial Secretary: Letters to: 1754-1775.: Span.
Vol. III. 1738-1798. includes: ff. 84, 119 Island of St Lucia: Letters on military operations at: 1778-1781.f. 130 Earthquakes: At Caracas: 1779.: Span.f. 233 San Juan Castle, Nicaragua: Capture by the English: 1781.: Span.ff. 305, 325 Francis Boos, German Naturalist: Papers relating ...