The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, [electronic resource] : 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 cuts and maps.
1740
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The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, [electronic resource] : 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 cuts and maps.
Edition
The second edition.
Publication Details
London : printed for Wood and Woodward in Paternoster-Row, MDCCXL. [1740]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
6v.,plates : maps,ports. ; 8⁰.
Note
"An abridged and inaccurate translation of the first three decades of Herrera's 'Historia general do los hechos de los castellanos,' divided into six decades, neither chapters nor decades corresponding with the original." (NUC).
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Libraries.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Libraries.
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English Short Title Catalog, N2779.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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