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Letter, 1516 June 28, Brussels, to Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros and Adrian of Utrecht, Dean of Louvain.

Title
Letter, 1516 June 28, Brussels, to Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros and Adrian of Utrecht, Dean of Louvain.
Author
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Publication
1516.

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  • Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco, 1436?-1517.
  • Adrian VI, Pope, 1459-1523.
  • Spain. Sovereign (1516-1556 : Charles I)
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  • Ms. in Spanish, in the hand of the secretary Hugo de Urries; signed by Charles: Yo el rey; by the secretary: Por ma[n]dado del rey, Hugo de Urries.
  • Charles I, King of Spain (afterwards Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) requests Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros, regent of the Castilian kingdoms, and Adrian of Utrecht, Dean of Louvain (Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens, afterwards Pope Adrian VI), the King's ambassador in Spain, to reward Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, inspector of gold foundries in Castilla del Oro, i.e. the isthmus of Panama (afterwards Cronista general de las Indias) for services to Spain in the New World; sending Oviedo's Memorial.
  • On verso: Address to Cardinal Cisneros and the Dean of Louvain; endorsement: "De xxviij de junio enfauor del vehedor de Castilla del oro"; traces of seal.
  • For Oviedo's account of tobacco use by the Indians, in his La historia general delas Indias (Seville : J. Cromberger, 1535), cf. Arents, G. Tobacco, 4. For his account of his mission to the King, his return to Spain with the present letter and his reception by Cisneros and Adrian, cf. his Historia general y natural de las Indias, islas y tierra-firme del mar océano, the complete version of the work begun as La historia general ..., first published 1851-1855 (Madrid : Impr. de la Real Academia de la Historia), v. 3, p. 54-55 (Arents Coll. Tobacco, S 8).
  • Further correspondence of Charles, Cisneros and Adrian from 1516 published in: Correspondance de Charles-Quint et d'Adrian VI / publiée par M. Gachard. Bruxelles, 1859, p. 231-236.
Call Number
Arents SA 0001
OCLC
NYPG88-B46008
Author
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Title
Letter, 1516 June 28, Brussels, to Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros and Adrian of Utrecht, Dean of Louvain.
Imprint
1516.
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Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco, 1436?-1517.
Adrian VI, Pope, 1459-1523.
Spain. Sovereign (1516-1556 : Charles I)
Research Call Number
Arents SA 0001
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