Publisher's Synopsis
Title: The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd, the West-Indies: from the first discovery thereof, with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities: collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain.
Author: Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP01543306
CollectionID: CTRG95-B647
PublicationDate: 17250101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: An abridged translation of the first three decades of Herrera's "Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos," first published in Madrid, 1601-1615. Title page printed in red and black.
Collation: 6 v.: ill., 2 maps; 20 cm. (8vo)
