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1. Add MS 17586

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DESCRIPTION of the province of Guamanga, in Peru, by Pedro de Rivera; 1586. Span., f. 1; "Relacion de las provincias que hay en la Conquista del Chuquimayo," by Capt. Diego Palomino, f. 20; "Diario de la expedicion del Rio Grande de Santa Ana," of the missionaries Juan Monsarrat, Ramon Busquest ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Spanish
Date Range:
1586-1806
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1 item

2. Add MS 17616

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"EL MARAÑON del Capitan Diego de Aguilar y de Cordova," 1578: a history of the expedition of Pedro de Ursua down the River Marañon or Amazon, his murder, aud the assumption of command and subsequent career of Lope de Aguirre. Paper. Small Quarto. [Add. 17,616.] Pedro de Ursua: History of his ex...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1578
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1 item

3. Add MS 17620

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"PETICION . . . por el Capitan Francisco de Orellana, sobre el descubrimiento del Marañon," 1543, f. 1; "Viage de Esteban de las Alas desde el Nombre de Dios á Cartagena," y Cadiz, 1564, f. 7b; Copy of letters of Juan de Zuniga, Ambassador in Portugal, respecting discoveries on the coast of Braz...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1522-[1748?]
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1 item

4. Add MS 27602

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TOPOGRAPHICAL and scientific collections relating to Paraguay, by William Charles Ouseley; chiefly consisting of notes and extracts from printed works, with maps of rivers, etc. Eng. and Span. Included are:-"Lista alfabetica de los arboles, plantas, yerbas, etc., del Paraguay," f. 42; and "Recetas medicinales en las cuales son empleadas principalmente las yerbas medicinales del Paraguay: obra del R. Padre Sigismundo Asperger., Jesxiita y Misionero;" followed by other medical recipes, f. 77. ...
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Paraguay: Collections relating to, by W. C. Ouseley: 1853-1857.: Engl. and Span. William Charles Ouseley, Attaché to Sir C Hotham's Mission to the River Plate: Collections relating to Paraguay: 1853-1857.: Engl. and Span. River Amazon, S. America: Maps and diaries of the exploration of, by Lie...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1853-1857
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1 item

5. Add MS 28461

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COPIES of papers relating to Portugal and its dependencies, in Span. and Portug. Among, them are the following:- 1. "Breue informação sobre alguas cousas das Ilhas da China;" followed by similar papers relating, to India, Malaca, and Paraiba [Brazil], f. 3. 2. "Relação das Grandes Batalhas q...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

6. Add MS 36314

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VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. I. (fr. 245). 1530-1584. 1. Royal Privilege to Antonio Sedeño, Contador of the island of Sane Juan, to build a fortress in the island of La Trinydad and to be governor thereof for twenty years; Madrid, 12 July, 1530. f. 1. Followed (f. 8) by an undated petition of Sedeño...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1530-1584
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1 item

7. Add MS 36315

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VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. II. (ff. 292). 1585-1591. 1. Doctor Francisco Guillen Chapano to the king, giving news of Capt. Antonio de Berrio, who has explored " La Guayana que llaman el dorado," with a report by Alonso de Pontes, who made the journey from the R. Ariporo to the R. Meta; Santa Fe, 2...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1585-1591
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1 item

8. Add MS 36316

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VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. III. (ff. 296). 1592-1595. 1. The Licenciate Manso de Contreras, Governor of Santa Marta, to the king, on troubles with privateers, the condition of Margarita, and the pearl-fishery; Margarita, 4 June, 1592. f. i. 2. Notarial record of the proceedings of Domingo de Ver...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1592-1595
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1 item

9. Add MS 36317

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VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. IV. (ff. 394). 1596-1600. 1. The Council of the Indies to the king, enclosing (a) a letter from Dr. Pedro Gutierrez Florez, at Seville, 5 Jan., on a reported action with the English, perhaps under Drake, near Pernambuco, and (b) a declaration of Fer-nan Rodriguez Pereyra...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1596-1600
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1 item

10. Add MS 36322

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VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. IX. (fr. 258). 1626-1634. 1. The Council of War to the king, with news that the Dutch West Indian Company were sending a fleet to the W. Indies and Brazil; Madrid, 23 June, 1626. f. 1. With an Engl. translation (f. 5). 2. The Council of the Indies to the king, on a des...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1626-1634
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1 item