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Centro América : extractos sueltos de varios libros de la colleción de Muñoz tocantes a la historia de las provincias centroamericanos : ms., 1545-1555.
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Centro América: extractos sueltos de varios libros de la colleción de Muñoz tocantes a la historia de las provincias centroamericanos : ms., 1545-1555
Central America in general, 1545-55

Creator/Contributor:

Muñoz, Juan Bautista, 1745-1799, collector.

Abstract:

Excerpts from Volumes 66, 67, and 69 (new numbering) of the Muñoz Collection, Academia Real de la Historia, Madrid. These are transcripts and summaries of letters and documents addressed chiefly to Emperor Charles I of Spain or to the Council of the Indies by officials, friars, and Indians of the provinces subject to the Audiencia de los Confines, namely, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Yucatan, and Chiapa. They relate to the civil and ecclesiastical administration of these provinces, particularly to treatment of Indians, abolition of the encomienda system, the work of Dominican and Franciscan friars, administration of Alonso de Zurita, the expeditions of Pedro de la Gasca, activities of Francisco Pizarro in Peru, and the survey conducted by Diego Ramírez.

Date:

1545 (issued)

Subject:

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Indians of Central America -- Colonization -- Sources
Indians of Central America -- History -- Sources
Peuples autochtones -- Amérique centrale -- Colonisation -- Sources
Peuples autochtones -- Amérique centrale -- Histoire -- Sources
Indians of Central America
Central America -- History -- To 1821 -- Sources
Amérique centrale -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1821 -- Sources
Central America
Consejo de Indias (Spain)
Consejo de Indias (Spain)
V, Holy Roman Emperor -- Charles -- 1500-1558
Zurita, Alonso de -- approximately 1512-1585
Gasca, Pedro de la -- 1493-1567
Pizarro, Francisco -- approximately 1475-1541
Ramírez, Diego
V, Holy Roman Emperor -- Charles -- 1500-1558
Gasca, Pedro de la -- 1493-1567
Pizarro, Francisco -- approximately 1475-1541
Zurita, Alonso de -- approximately 1512-1585

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft collection.
Transcript from the E.G. Squier collection. CU-BANC
Preferred citation: Centro América : extractos sueltos de varios libros de la colleción de Muñoz tocantes a la historia de las provincias centroamericanos, BANC MSS M-M 320, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In Spanish.

Type:

History.
Sources.

Physical Description:

print
1 volume (149 pages) ; 34 cm
partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 397:5-12) and positive

Language:

Spanish

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined