TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de,
AU  - Stevens, John,
AU  - Bute, John Stuart,
ED  - Great Britain.
TI  - 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 King of Spain 
AV  - E141 .H59
PY  - 1725///-1726]
CY  - London
PB  - Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-noster-row
KW  - Discoveries in geography
KW  - Spanish
KW  - fast
KW  - America
KW  - Early accounts to 1600
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Latin America
KW  - History
KW  - To 1600
KW  - Early works
N1  - An abridged translation of the first three decades of Herrara's 'Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos' originally published in Madrid, 1601-15; Vols. 1 and 2 printed in 1725; vols. 3-6 printed in 1726; Title page of each vol. in red and black; Includes decorative head- and tail-pieces and initial letters; Includes index in v. 6; Final page or leaf of advertisements (vols. 1, 4, 5, 6); Illustrative plates in vol. 1: following p. 62, 218; in vol. 2, following p. 134, 372, 378, 380; in vol. 3, following p. 190, 226; in vol. 4: following p. 290, 356; in vol. 5, preceding p. 1, following p. 374; in vol. 6, preceding p.1; Frontispieces and further plates include: portrait of Christopher Columbus (vol. 1). -- 'A new map of South America' (vol. 2). -- 'A new map of as much of North and South America ... ' (vol. 3). -- "An hidrographical draught of Mexico as it lies in its lakes"(vol. 3) -- portrait of Ferdinand Cortes (vol. 4) -- minature portraits on frontispiece of 'The five most famous men in Peru and Chile' (vol. 5). -- illustration of 'The people of Florida sacrificing their first born to the sun'; ESTC; N1037
ER  -