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Luz de tierra incognita en la America Septentrional o Indias Orientales de la Nueva España : ms., 1720.
BANC MSS M-M 1721LOCAL
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Title:

Luz de tierra incognita en la America Septentrional o Indias Orientales de la Nueva España : ms., 1720

Creator/Contributor:

Mange, Juan Mateo, 1670-1727?, creator

Abstract:

A general history of discoveries in America, with special attention to the places visited by Mange, Libro I; followed by diaries recording his own expeditions and Jesuit participation in them, Libro II. Chapters IX and XI of Libro II have been ascribed by some authorities to the Jesuit, Luis Velarde. Published in Volume X of the Publicaciones del Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico, 1926).

Date:

1720 (issued)

Subject:

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Discoveries in geography
Mexico -- Discovery and exploration -- Personal narratives
Mexico -- History -- To 1810
Mexique -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1810
Mexico

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
Luz de tierra ... Photocopy (from microfilm).
Noticias ... Photocopy (from microfilm).
For contents of microfilm, see microfilm notebooks at reference desk, The Bancroft Library.
Luz de tierra ... Original ms. in The biblioteca Nacional de Mexico.
Noticias ... Original ms. in the Lancaster - Jones papers of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico.

Type:

History
Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

215 pages ; 21 x 27 cm
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 103:10) and positive

Language:

Spanish

Identifier:

BANC MSS M-M 1721LOCAL

Origin:

Mexico