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Add MS 13964
- Record Id:
- 032-002036381
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002036381
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x000033
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 13964
- Title:
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A VOLUME of Original Reports and Narratives, in Spanish, of the xvith and xviith centuries, relating to the history of Mexico and the West Indies, viz., Reports to the King concerning the lake and province of Maracaibo; with colored maps and drawings of plants, etc., 1676; Letter of Don Francesco Calderon y Romero, written from Campeachy, 1663 ;- "Relacion de la perdida de la ciudad del Rio de la Hacha, e Isla de Sta Catlialina, castillo de Charge, y ciudad de Panama," 1670;- "Diario de las noticias de Lima," 1687 "Relazion de algunas materias tocantes á las provincias del Piru," 1657 "Nomenclatura de todos los lugares, puertos, cabos, rios, etc. que se ponen en la descripcion de las Indias Occidentales;" - "Descripcion geographica de los reynos de [Nueva] Galicia, Viscaya, y Leon, por Don Alonso de la Mota y Escobar;" - "Memorial de Don Gonçalo Gomez de Cervantes del modo de vivir que tienen los Yndios, y del beneficio de las minas, de la plata, y de la cochinilla," 1599, with colored drawings; - A series of curious symbolical paintings, accompanied by an explanatory text, illustrative of the history of the people of Tepetlaustuc, [eight leagues from Mexico; see Torquemada, p. 454,] and the annual tribute paid by them, from a period anterior to the arrival of the Spaniards, to about the year 1550;- " Diario, derrotero, y demarcazion de la tierra de la jornada que hizó el General Alonzo de Leon, al descubrimento de la Bahya del Spiritu Santo, y poblazion de los Franzeses," 1689, preceded by an order relative to the same district;-" Relaçion del Maestro de Campo, Conde de Banuelo, de la jornada hecha de D. Fadrique de Toledo, en las Yndias Ocidentales; " relating to the Islands of S. Christoval and Nieves, and proceedings against the Enlish, 1628;-" Relazion de los suzesos de la America en el Mar del Sur, y costas del Piru, Nueva España, Nicaragua, y reino de Tierra Firme, desde principio del año 1686 ";-" Relazion de lo suçedido en San Juan de Puerto Rico de las Yndias, con la armada Ynglesa del cargo de Francesco Draque [Drake] y Juan Aquines [Hawkins], á los 23 de Noviembre, de 1595;"-" Relaçion del exemplar castigo que embió Dios á la ciudad de Lima, cabeza del Pera, y á su costa de barlovento, con los espantosos tremblores, del dia 20 de Octobre, del año 1687." Folio. [13,964.]
- Scope & Content:
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Nieves; Island of: Notice of: 1628.: Span.
Francisco Calderon y Romero: Letter: 1663.
Gonçalo Gomez de Cervantes: Notices of the manner of life among the Indians, their mines, etc.With drawings: 1599: Span.
Chagre, river in S. America: Note of the destruction of the castle: 1670.
West India: Reports relating to the history of: 16th and 17th cents.: Span.
General Alonzo de Leon: Diario de sa jornada ad descubrimento de la Bahya del Spiritu Santo, etc.: 1689.
Lima, Province of Peru: Notices respecting it,: 1687, 1750.: Span.
Province of Mexico: Reports relative to its history: of the 16th and 17th cents.: Span.
South America: Relation de los suzesos en el Mar del Stir y costas del Peru, etc.: 1686.
Alonso de la Mota y Escobar: Description of New Galicia, Biscay and Leon.: Span.
Fadrique de Toledo: Relation by M. de Campo of his journey to the West Indies: 1628.: Span.
Island of San Christoval: Report of the expedition to: 1628.: Span.
San Juan de Puerto Rico: Relation of the proceedings of Sir F. Drake and J. Hawkins there: 1595.: Span.
Panama, New Granada: Notice of its capture: 1670.: Span.
Peru: Notices relating to: 1657.: Span.
City of Rio de la Hacha: Note of its destruction: 1670.: Span.
Santa Catalina; Island of: Note respecting: 1670.: Span.
Tapetlaustuc, Mexico: Symbolical paintings illustrative of the history of its people; with notes, etc.,: Span.
Province of Maracaybo, Venezuela: Reports concerning the lake and province, in, with maps and drawings of plants: 1676.: Spanish.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002036381", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 13964: A VOLUME of Original Reports and Narratives, in Spanish, of the xvith and xviith centuries, relating to the history of Mexico and the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002036381
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002036381
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 16th century-17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Transferred
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Transferred to the British Museum, Africa, Oceania and the Americas department.
- Names:
- Calderon y Romero, Francisco
Cervantes, Gonçalo Gomez
Leon, Alonzo, General
Mota y Escobar, Alonso de la
Toledo, Fadrique - Places:
- Lima, Peru
Maracaybo, Province of, Venezuela
Mexico, Province of, Central America
Panama, New Granada
Peru, South America
Rio de la Hacha, the Carribean
River Chagre, South America
San Christoval, Moresby Island
South America, Americas
Tapetlaustuc, Mexico
West India, America