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- Published / Created:
- [1883]
- Call Number:
- Shirley 3729
- Image Count:
- 17
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Original wrappers., Probably published by the Grand Union Hotel, New York; information about the hotel and advertising matter throughout the publication., and Wrapper title: The discovery of America, an outgrowth of the conquest of the Moors by the Spaniards
- Publisher:
- Printed by the Birnie Paper Company, Springfield, Mass. and Published 125 Park Avenue, between 41st and 42nd Sts., New York City
- Subject (Geographic):
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish
- Subject (Name):
- Birnie Paper Company, printer, Columbus, Christopher, and Grand Union Hotel (New York, N.Y.), publisher
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The discovery of America : an out-growth of the conquest of the Moors by the Spaniards.
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- Creator:
- Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
- Call Number:
- Z6 22g
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. Selections. English
- Description:
- An abridged translation of the first three decades of Herrera's "Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos," first published in Madrid, 1601-1615., Frontispieces and further plates include: portrait of Christopher Columbus (vol. 1). -- 'A new map of South America' (vol. 2). -- 'A new map of as much of North and South America ... ' (vol. 3). -- "An hidrographical draught of Mexico as it lies in its lakes"(vol. 3) -- portrait of Ferdinand Cortes (vol. 4) -- minature portraits on frontispiece of 'The five most famous men in Peru and Chile' (vol. 5). -- illustration of 'The people of Florida sacrificing their first born to the sun'., Includes decorative head- and tail-pieces and initial letters., The preface in volume 1 is in six pages, and the headpiece to the preface and to page 1 represents a hill with a flag on top, with a sun in the background; Sig. B is under the 'a' of "Seneca.", Title page printed in red and black., and Volumes 1 and 2 dated 1725; volumes 3-6 dated 1726.
- Subject (Geographic):
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, America--Early accounts to 1600, and Latin America--History--To 1600--Early works to 1800
- Subject (Name):
- Batley, Jeremiah, -1737, Dalkeith Palace Bookplate, and Stevens, John, -1726
- Subject (Topic):
- Chron--1725-1726 and Slaves--Latin American--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 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 ; historiographer to His Catholick Majesty ; translated into English by Capt. John Stevens ... ; illustrated with cutts and maps.
