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The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd, the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities Collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain
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The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd, the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities [microform]. Collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain. By Antonio de Herrera. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens ... Illustrated with cutts and maps.
Published
London, J. Batley, 1725-26.
Physical Description
6 v. front. (v.1, 4-6; incl. 2 port.) fold. plates, 14 pl. (part fold.) 3 fold. maps. 20 cm.
Notes
Title in red and black.
An abridged and inaccurate translation of the first three decades of Herrera's "Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos", divided into six decades, neither chapters nor decades corresponding with the original. cf. Stevens, H. Bibliotheca historica, p. iii; Winsor, v. 2, p. 68 and p. 563; Prescott, W.H. Conquest of Mexico, book III, chap IX, notes.
Master microform held by: ResP.
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn., Research Publications, 1975. reels. 35 mm. (Western Americana, reels 246-247, no. 2519)
Format
Books / Microforms
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Wagner, H.R. Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794, no. 12i
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