The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd, the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: With the best Accounts the People could give of their Antiquities. Collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain. By Antonio de Herrera, Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. Vol. I. Illustrated with cuts and maps.

All titles

• The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd, the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: With the best Accounts the People could give of their Antiquities. Collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain. By Antonio de Herrera, Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. Vol. I. Illustrated with cuts and maps.
• Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English. Abridgment

People / Organizations

• Wood and ("printed for")
• Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Wood and Woodward in Paternoster-Row, MDCCXL. [1740]

Publication year

1740-1740

ESTC No.

N2779

Grub Street ID

17028

Description

6v.,plates : maps,ports. ; 8⁰

Note

"An abridged and inaccurate translation of the first three decades of Herrera's 'Historia general do los hechos de los castellanos,' divided into six decades, neither chapters nor decades corresponding with the original." (NUC).