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Creator
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566
Call number
MssCol 485
Physical description
.3 linear feet (2 v.)
Language
Abstract is in Spanish
Preferred Citation
Columbus journal abstract, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Photoreproduction, in two volumes, of the abstract made by Bartolomé de las Casas of the journal of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1492-1493.

Biographical/historical information

Bartolomé de las Casas (1474-1566) was a Spanish missionary and historian who was opposed to the slavery and forced labor of the Indians of Spanish America. He traveled in Peru and Central America and served briefly as Bishop of Chiapas. His writings concern anthropological and historical matters in the New World.

Scope and arrangement

Photoreproduction, in two volumes, of the abstract made by Bartolomé de las Casas of the journal of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1492-1493.

Administrative information

Custodial history

Original is held by the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, and was photographed for the New York Public Library in 1939.

Source of acquisition

Gift, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, 1940

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328

Access to materials

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