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, 



THE WHOLE DRAWN FROM 



ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS, 



CHIEFLY WRITTEN AND COMPILED IN THE PERUVIAN CAPITAL; 



EMBELLISHED BY TWENTY ENGRAVINQ|^OF COSTUMES, &c. 



LONDON: 



Printed for RICHARD PHILLIPS, No 6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriarsj 



AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. 



1805. 



