The tears of the Indians: being an historical and true account of the cruel massacres and slaughters of above twenty millions of innocent people; committed by the Spaniards in the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, &c. As also, in the continent of Mexico, Peru, & othe places of the West-Indies, to the total destruction of those countries. Written in Spanish by Casaus, an eye-witness of those things; and made English by J.P.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 7363

Contributor:

Phillips, John, 1631-1706, tr.

Gaywood, Richard, active 1650-1680, engraver.

Brooke, Nathaniel, fl. 1646-1677, bookseller.

Copley, Joseph, Sir, d. 1838, former owner.

Kirkland, Frederic Richardson, 1887- former owner.

Udnut, Alex., former owner.

Standardized Title:

Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians, Treatment of--Latin America--Early works to 1800.

Indians, Treatment of.

Spain--Colonies--America--Early works to 1800.

Local Subjects:

Spain--Colonies--America--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

[32], 88, 97-134, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates ; 8vo.

Other Title:

Historical relation of the Spanish massacres in the West Indies

Place of Publication:

London : printed by J.C. for Nath. Brook, at the Angel in Cornhil, 1656.

Notes:

A translation, by John Phillips, of: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias.

With an engraved frontispiece (plate), signed: R. Gaywood fecit.

Text continuous despite pagination.

The first leaf and leaf b8 are blank.

The last leaf bears a vertical half-title: The historical relation of the Spanish massacres in the West Indies.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "January. 9."; the second 6 in the imprint date has been crossed out and replaced with a "5".

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Provenance: Sir Joseph Copley, bart., Alex. M. H. Udnut, Frederic R. Kirkland.

Cited in:

ESTC R19416

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C799

Thomason, E.1586[1]

Sabin, 11286