| Author | Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625.
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| Uniform Title | Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English. Selections
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| Title | 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. By Antonio de Herrera ... Tr. into English by Capt. John Stevens ... Illustrated with cutts and maps.
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| Published | London, Printed for J. Batley, 1725-26.
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| Description | 6 v. fronts. (v. 1, 4-6; ports.) fold. plates., 3 fold. maps. 20 cm.
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| General Note | 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. xiii; Winsor, v.2, p. 68 and p. 563; Prescott, W.H. Conquest of Mexico, book III, chap. IX, notes.
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| Subjects | America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
America -- Early accounts to 1600.
Imprints, Early -- English -- To 1750.
Spanish America -- History.
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| Other Authors | Stevens, John, d. 1726. tr.
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| LC Card Number | 04-7964//r944 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 143 H565 Vault, v. 1
mq18190 v.1: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 143 H565 Vault, v. 2
mq36469 v.2: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 143 H565 Vault, v. 3
mq36470 v.3: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 143 H565 Vault, v. 4
mq36471 v.4: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 143 H565 Vault, v. 5
mq36472 v.5: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 143 H565 Vault, v. 6
mq36473 v.6: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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