The history of America /

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Main Author: Robertson, William, 1721-1793
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for S. A. and H. Oddy, 1808
Edition:New ed.,
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Item Description:Author described on t.p.: "Principal of the University of Edinburgh, Historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland, and Member of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid"
"In two volumes": from t.p.
"Printed by J. and W. Smith, King Street, Seven Dials": from t.p. verso
Originally published in 1777 with numerous subsequent editions.
Pagination error in v.1: xvi, [xiii]-xiv, [xvii]-xxxi
Vols. 1-2 contain Books I-VIII, the history of the discovery of America and the conquest of Mexico and Peru. (Books IX-X, originally intended to be the third volume of this title, contains the history of Virginia and New England and first appeared separately in 1796.)
Physical Description:2 v. (xxxi, 434 p., [4] leaves of plates; iv, 483 p., [1] leaf of plates) : ill., map ; 20cm.