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Versuch einer Naturgeschichte von Chili.
Leipzig: Friedrich Gotthold Jacobäer, 1786
Physical Description: [16] , 328 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Call number: H786/ M722v
Accession number: 07352
Notes: Includes: "Zweytes Verzeichniss einiger chilesischen Wörter, welche zur Naturgeschichte gehören" (p. 319-328), listing over 300 terms in German with equivalents in Araucanian [Mapuche], relating to the natural environment as well as kinship and human body parts. Translation by Joachim Dietrich Brandis of: Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili, Bologna, 1782. Original work in Italian is an extended version of the natural history section of the author's : Compendio della storia geografica, naturale e civile del regno del Chile, Bologna, 1776; translated into German under the title: Des Herrn Abts Vidaure Kurzgefasste geographische, natürliche und bürgerliche Geschichte des Königreichs Chile, Hamburg, 1782.
Languages: Mapuche
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
