Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557

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From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1505 Aug. 28. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 81013585

Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes was born on August 1478 in Madrid, Spain. He was a Spanish historian and writer. He participated in the Spanish Colonization of the Caribbean, and wrote a long chronicle of this project, which is one of the few primary sources about it.

From the description of Natural y General Hystoria de las Indias, 1539-1548. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 755760475
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creatorOf Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557. Autograph letter signed, 1505 Aug. 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Acosta, Juan de, 16th cent. Pizarro-Gasca collection, 1537-1580. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557. Libro XX de la segunda parte de la general historia de las Indias / escripta por el capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes Alcayde de la fortaleza y puerto de Sancto Domingo d'la isla Española. Cronista d'su Magestad. Que trata del estrecho de Magallanes. Newberry Library
creatorOf Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557. Instrucion de la Casa Real del Serenisimo Principe Don Juan de gloriosa memoria, primogenito heredero de los mui altos y Catholicos Reyes Don Fernando y Doña Isabel [microform] / hecho por Gonçalo Fernandez de la Camara de su Alteza en el Año de 1547. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557. Natural y General Hystoria de las Indias, 1539-1548. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566. Historia de las Yndias / por Fr. Bartolome de las Casas, obispo de Chiapas. Newberry Library
creatorOf Stengel, Frederick. Translation of the 37th book of Gonzolo Fernandez de Oviedo's Natural and general history of the Indies, ca. 1870. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Translation of the 37th book of Gonzolo Fernandez de Oviedo's Natural and general history of the Indies, ca. 1870 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Turner, Daymond, 1915-. Oviedo encyclopedia [manuscript], 194[?]-1988. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hispanic collection, 1527-1811. Library of Congress
referencedIn Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558. Letter, 1516 June 28, Brussels, to Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros and Adrian of Utrecht, Dean of Louvain. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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