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Title Description of the islands and continents of the ocean which are called the West Indies

Creator Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625

Date 1880

Place America, Asia, Latin America, New Spain, Peru

Language English

Subjects Consejo de Indias (Spain), Evangelistic work, Governors, Inquisition, Tithes, Viceroys, Voyages and travels

Summary Anonymous English translation from around 1880 of Herrera's work of 1601, Descripción de las Indias Occidentales. Preliminary sections include the editor's dedication to King Philip V from the 2nd edition; printer's note to the readers; a lengthy preface to the 2nd edition; official authorizations; license granted to the printer Nicolás Rodriguez Franco; valuation of the book; and a letter from Herrera to Pablo de Laguna, president of the Consejo de Indias. After outlining the sea routes between Spain and various parts of the New World, with details on the lengths of the voyages, weather, channels, and safe harbors, Herrera discusses the organization of the colonies by audiencia, beginning with Santo Domingo, Mexico, and Guadalajara, and including Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Quito, Lima, Bogotá, New Granada, La Plata, and Chile. For each audiencia, he notes its location, size, climate and natural resources, as well as important cities and dioceses. Herrera goes on to describe Spanish interests in Asia: the Spice Islands, Philippines, the China coast, Japan, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. There are sections on the organization and powers of the Consejo de Indias and the Inquisition, the distribution of tithes for maintenance of churches and clergy, and the colonial system of audiencias, viceroyalties, governments, and bishoprics. In conclusion, Herrera lists the officers of the Consejo de Indias and the governors and viceroys of New Spain and Peru through 1601. The translator himself has also added a chronological table of the governors of Peru from 1530 to 1736, which he copied from Ernesto Otto Rück's Guía de Bolivia.

Extent xix, liv, ii, 201 leaves, bound ; 34 cm

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Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Call Number VAULT Ayer MS 1103

BibID 991234328805867

Size 2457px × 3949px 27.78 MB

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Unique Identifier NL1Q892

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