Archivo General de Indias records : Spanish exploration and settlement related materials, circa 1530-circa 1820

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Summary

Creators:
Archivo General de Indias
Abstract:
Topics dealt with emphasize Spanish exploration and settlement on the frontiers north from Mexico City, including the Provincias Internas, the Californias, New Mexico, and Texas; and maritime explorations and foreign intrusions into Spain's Pacific waters. (Documents are transcripts and/or record prints.)
Extent:
Number of containers: 35 cartons. No. 887: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 636:11) and positive. Linear feet: 43.75
Language:
Collection materials are in Spanish

Background

Scope and content:

Topics dealt with emphasize Spanish exploration and settlement on the frontiers north from Mexico City, including the Provincias Internas, the Californias, New Mexico, and Texas; and maritime explorations and foreign intrusions into Spain's Pacific waters. (Documents are transcripts and/or record prints.)

The arrangement generally follows that of the Archivo General de Indias, with the addition of the Dunn and Scholes transcriptions. Documents are organized in the following sequence:

  • Audiencia de Filipinas
  • Audiencia de Guadalajara
  • Audiencia de Lima
  • Audiencia de México
  • Dunn Transcripts
  • Audiencia de Quito
  • Audiencia de Santa Fe
  • Audiencia de Santo Domingo
  • Casa de Contratación
  • Contaduria
  • Escribania de Camara
  • Indiferente General
  • Justicia
  • Ministerio de Ultramar
  • Papeles de Cuba
  • Papeles de Estado
  • Patronato
  • Scholes Transcripts

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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