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. By Antonio de Herrera, Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. ... . Illustrated with cuts and maps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--History.

Latin America.

America--Early accounts to 1600.

America.

America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6v.,plates ) maps,ports. ;

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

General history of the vast continent and islands of America,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Wood and Woodward in Paternoster-Row, MDCCXL. [1740]

Notes:

"An abridged and inaccurate translation of the first three decades of Herrera's 'Historia general do los hechos de los castellanos,' divided into six decades, neither chapters nor decades corresponding with the original." (NUC).

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Libraries.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N2779.

OCLC:

642184056