A relation of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America. With an account of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people. Together with the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies. By Don Bartholomew de las Casas, Bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties. Illustrated with cuts. To which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.
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- A relation of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America. With an account of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people. Together with the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies. By Don Bartholomew de las Casas, Bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties. Illustrated with cuts. To which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.
- Relation des voyages et des découvertes que les Espagnols on fait dans les Indes Occidentales. English. Selections
- Account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America
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London: printed for Daniel Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple Bar, and Andrew Bell at the Crosskeys and Bible in Cornhil near Stocks-market, 1699.
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- 1699-1699
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- R200872
- Grub Street ID
- 78351
- Description
- [8], 248, 40 p., [2] folded leaves of plates ; 8⁰
- Note
- Apparently an abridged translation of "Relation des voyages et des découvertes que les Espagnols on fait dans les Indes Occidentales" by Bartolomé de las Casas.
"The art of travelling to advantage" (caption title) beings new pagination of R5r.
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- Verify that "The art of travelling ..." begins on leaf R5r