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Spanish approaches to the Island of California, 1628-1632

Title
Spanish approaches to the Island of California, 1628-1632 / translated and edited by W. Michael Mathes.
Publication
San Francisco : Book Club of California, 1975.

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Book/TextRestricted use *KP (Book Club) 89-411Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Mathes, W. Michael.
  • New Spain. Real Audiencia (Mexico City)
  • Spain. Sovereign (1621-1665 : Philip IV)
  • Consejo de Indias (Spain)
  • Archivo General de Indias. Sección 1a.
  • Book Club of California.
Description
xviii, 76, [2] p. : map; 27 cm.
Series Statement
Publication / Book Club of California ; no. 149
Uniform Title
Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 149.
Subject
  • California > Discovery and exploration > Sources
  • America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish > Sources
  • Spain > Discovery and exploration > Sources
Note
  • One of 400 copies designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press, San Francisco and printed in black and terra cotta by Clifford Burke.
  • Translation of documents dated 1628-1632, chiefly testimony before the Real Audiencia of Mexico in hearings ordered by Philip IV of Spain submitted to the Consejo de Indias. The original documents in the Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Sección Patronato, legajo 30, were published in: Californiana / edición, estudio y notas por W. Michael Mathes. 1965-1970. v. 1, pt. 2, nos. 179-181, 184-187; v. 2, pt. 1, nos. 28, 31, 33-34.
  • Facsim. of ms. map of California (1632): p. [3].
  • Binding, publisher's, by Schuberth Bookbindery, of tan paper boards illustrated with enlargement of portion of the map.
Bibliography (note)
  • "A bibliography of Spanish California: 1565-1668": p. 70-76.
Indexed In (note)
  • Olmsted, D.H. Seventy years
Contents
Royal order of His Majesty -- Captain Juan López de Vicuña -- Gonzalo de Francia -- Father Fray Antonio de la Ascensión -- Martín de Lezama -- Captain Lope de Argüelles Quiñones -- Enrico Martínez -- Captain Alonso Ortiz de Sandoval -- Conde del Valle -- Sebastián Gutiérrez -- Licentiate Diego de la Nava -- Glossary.
Call Number
*KP (Book Club) 89-411
LCCN
76375107
OCLC
  • 2526225
  • NYPG89-B42513
Title
Spanish approaches to the Island of California, 1628-1632 / translated and edited by W. Michael Mathes.
Imprint
San Francisco : Book Club of California, 1975.
Series
Publication / Book Club of California ; no. 149
Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 149.
Bibliography
"A bibliography of Spanish California: 1565-1668": p. 70-76.
Indexed In:
Olmsted, D.H. Seventy years, 149
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Added Author
Mathes, W. Michael.
New Spain. Real Audiencia (Mexico City)
Spain. Sovereign (1621-1665 : Philip IV)
Consejo de Indias (Spain)
Archivo General de Indias. Sección 1a.
Book Club of California.
Research Call Number
*KP (Book Club) 89-411
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