Author: VAZQUEZ DE ESPINOSA
Title: Compendium and Description of the West Indies.
Description: Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1942.. Translated by Charles Upson Clark. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 102. First edition XII + 862 p.,index, 24x15 cm. SOFTCOVER: ((Orig stiff paper wraps., small ticket. on spine, two small stamps on first pages. VERY GOOD copy). ¶ An account done in the early 17th century of the Spanish territories in the Americas with detail of geography, natural history, mining, agriculture as well as the public administration and Church institutions imposed on the natives. Based on many sources and extensive travel of the author.

Keywords: Latin America South America Colonial history Geography Geographical Geographic church natural history mining agriculture public administration


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