Travels from Buenos Ayres, by Potosi, to Lima. With Notes by the Translator, containing Topographical Descriptions of the Spanish Possessions in South America, drawn from the last and best Authorities, Anthony Zachariah Helms. Published by Richard Phillips, London, 1807. Disbound. Small 8vo up to 9½” tall., 92pp. Abridged edition published without a map. In very good condition. A scarce title.
As the former director of mines near Kraków in Poland, Anthony Zachariah Helms (1751-1803) was seconded to South America to aid in the mines of Peru. This book details his travels from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Lima, Peru via Potosi (Bolivia). Originally published in German in 1798
