Historia de las Yndias / por Fr. Bartolome de las Casas, obispo de Chiapas. [ca. 1850]

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566

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Bartolomé de las Casas (1474-1566) was a Spanish missionary and historian who was opposed to the slavery and forced labor of the Indians of Spanish America. He traveled in Peru and Central America and served briefly as Bishop of Chiapas. His writings concern anthropological and historical matters in the New World. From the description of Columbus journal abstract, 1492-1493. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122431540 Bartolomé de las Casas (c.1484-1566), was ...

Helps, Arthur, sir, 1813-1875

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English historian. From the description of Letter signed : Vernon Hill, Bishop's Waltham, to an unidentified correspondent, 1855 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270482766 English essayist and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chester Sq., to W. Pickering, 1845 Jun. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270472342 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bishop's Waltham, 1847 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Real Academia de la Historia (Spain)

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Columbus, Chris

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Epithet: of Genoa British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000367.0x000120 Italian explorer and navigator commissioned by Spain. Italian name was Cristoforo Colombo. Known in Spain as Cristóbal Colón. Born 1451; died 1506. From the description of Collection concerning Christopher Columbus, 1488-1515. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067622 ...

Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557

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Historian. 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 I...