Description of the islands and continents of the ocean which are called the West Indies / by Antonio de Herrera, chronicler-in-chief of the Indies and chronicler of Castille. [ca. 1880]

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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Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886

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Henry Stevens was born on August, 24, 1819, in Barnet, Vermont. He attended Middlebury College for a year, but graduated from Yale College in 1843 with the degree of B.A. Upon graduating, he attended Harvard Law School for a year. In 1840, he worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. for the the treasury department of the United States Senate. He also worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress and was an early advocate for the use of photography as a means of supplementing bi...

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625

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Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas was appointed first historiographer of the Indies by King Philip II of Spain. His multivolume history of the Spanish colonies in the Americas appeared 1601-1615; the Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales was a supplement to that work. Samuel Purchas (1577?-1626) was a geographical editor and compiler who is best known for his Purchas His Pilgrimes (1624-1625), a multivolume collection of travel narratives and geographical works linked by...

Rück, Ernesto Otto, 1833-1909.

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Consejo de Indias (Spain)

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Supreme governing body of Spain's colonies in America (1524-1834). From the description of Proceedings of the Consejo de Indias, 1767 Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154690398 From the description of Proceedings of the Consejo de Indias, 1767 Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86173188 ...