Venegas-Burriel Manuscripts, circa 1750.

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Venegas-Burriel Manuscripts, circa 1750.

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These manuscripts are in 27 volumes and comprises much of the material used by Burriel in his "Noticias de la California" published by him in 1757 in the name of Padre Miguel Venegas. These manuscripts are one of the earliest publications about the New World. Text in Spanish.

27 volumes.

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Burriel, Andrés Marcos 1719-1762

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Andrés Marcos Burriel was born in November 1719 in Alarcon, Spain. He was a Spanish historian, writer, and Jesuit. While examining the archives in Toledo, he amassed a great deal of information about California. Burriel then decided to devote his full attention towards presenting a picture of the New World for the Europeans, specifically the Spanish. Burriel passed away in 1762, leaving much of his work unfinished. From the description of Venegas-Burriel Manuscripts, circa 1750. (Hu...