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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... Volume 1 of 6 (Abridged, Paperback, Abridged edition)
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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... Volume 1 of 6 (Abridged, Paperback, Abridged edition)
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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.Author: Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio dePublisher:
Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed
bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926
contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works
about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early
1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery
and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil
War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01543301CollectionID:
CTRG95-B647PublicationDate: 17250101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: 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. Title page printed in red and
black.Collation: 6 v.: ill., 2 maps; 20 cm. (8vo)
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