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Map[Map of a part of the island of Cuba and of the Bahamas]. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 156 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1650-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialAbout the Natural History of the Indies.
De la natural hystoria de las Indias Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478--1557) was one of the most important early chroniclers of the Spanish presence in the Americas. Born in Madrid of noble parents from Asturias, at age 12 he became a page to the Duke of Villahermosa. He witnessed the surrender of Granada and, in 1492, entered the service of Prince Don Juan I, whose death in 1497 changed the path…- Contributor: Fernández De Oviedo Y Valdés, Gonzalo
- Date: 1526-01-01
- Resource: - 106 pages
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MapSpherical Map That Shows the North of the Santo Domingo Island and the Eastern Part of Canal Viejo of Bahamas.
Carta esferica que comprehende los desemboques al norte de la Isla de Sto Domingo y la parte oriental del Canal Viejo de Bahama This early-19th century Spanish naval map shows the eastern Caribbean, from the northern coasts of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and Cuba to the Bahamas. The map was engraved by Fernando Selma (1752-1810), a well-known Spanish engraver who produced not only maps, but also portraits of notable Spaniards.- Contributor: Selma, Fernando
- Date: 1802-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page