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De la natural hystoria de las Indias
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fernández de Oviedo y Valdes, Gonzalo, 1478-1557.
- Series:
- Studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 85.
- University of North Carolina. Studies in the Romance languages and literatures, no. 85
- Standardized Title:
- Sumario de la natural historia de las Indias
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Central America.
- Natural history.
- Natural history--West Indies.
- Indians of Central America.
- Indians of the West Indies.
- America--Early accounts to 1600.
- America.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 116 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, [1969]
- Summary:
- The first edition of De la natural hystoria de las Indias (Toledo, 1526) is here reproduced in facsimile in honor of Professor Sterling A.Stoudemire.Oviedo, an official chronicler of the Indies, describes in naïve but charming fashion the dazzling variety of new flora and fauna as well as the customs of the Indians he observed in the Caribbean.
- Contents:
- Cover
- DE LA NATURAL HYSTORIA DE LAS INDIAS
- Title
- Copyright
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Biography
- Bibliography
- De la natural hystoria de las Indias, Bibliographical Note
- De la natural hystoria de las Indias
- List of Sponsors
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- "Sterling Stoudemire, biography and bibliography": p. ix-xiv.
- "A facsimile edition issued in honor of Sterling A. Stoudemire."
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4696-4632-3
- OCLC:
- 1057857070
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