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A relation of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : with an account of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people : together with the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by don Bartholomew de las Casas ... ; illustrated with cuts ; to which is added The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566
- Standardized Title:
- Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Indians, Treatment of--Latin America--Early works to 1800.
- Indians, Treatment of.
- Colonies.
- Slavery.
- Latin America.
- Slavery--Latin America--Early works to 1800.
- Spain--Colonies--America--Early works to 1800.
- Spain.
- America.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dechert, Robert (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 248, 40 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (folded) : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Relation of the Spanish voyages and cruelties in the West-Indies
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Daniel Brown ... and Andrew Bell ..., 1699.
- Notes:
- Abridged translation into English, from the French edition, of six of the nine pamphlets published in 1552 and of L'Art de voyager utilement. Cf. BM.
- "The art of travelling to advantage": 40 p. at end.
- Signatures: A⁴ B-T⁸.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.) 798A
- Field, 880
- Contains:
- Art de voyager utilement. English
- OCLC:
- 21462610
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