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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 1721; BANC MSS M-M 1721 FILM
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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:

Mexico -- Discovery and exploration -- Personal narratives
Mexico -- History -- To 1810

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
Luz de tierra ... photocopy (from microfilm)
Noticias ... photocopy (from microfilm)
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.
For contents of microfilm, see microfilm notebooks at reference desk, The Bancroft Library.

Physical Description:

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

Language:

Spanish

Identifier:

BANC MSS M-M 1721
BANC MSS M-M 1721 FILM

Origin:

Mexico