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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to Juan de Zumárraga, bishop of Mexico
- Contributor: The Prince [Later Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1543-06-16
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialManuscript document signed (signature is a woodcut stamp) Don Pedro de Sotomayor is by this document appointed to serve under the Marquess of Santa Cruz in the "large armada to go and seek the one that has sailed from England and which wanders through the seas of these my kingdoms" (trans.). The situation at this date was indeed unfavorable for Spain. Drake had descended upon Cadiz on April 29, 1587, and had...
- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Philip II
- Date: 1587-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Lettere di Amerigo Vespucci. [Copy of a letter to Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de' Medici
- Contributor: Amerigo Vespucci
- Date: 1500-07-27
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFrancisco Pizarro response to a petition by Pedro del Barco, Pedro del Barco petition (on the verso) requests inspections of encomiendas before instituting reforms regarding repartimientos. Pizarro's response, signed in Cuzco, Peru, is counter-signed by Fray Vicente de Valverde, Bishop of Cuzco.
- Contributor: Barco, Pedro Del - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Valverde, Vicente De - Pizarro, Francisco
- Date: 1539
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal cedula to [Alonso de Montúfar], archbishop of Mexico
- Contributor: The King [Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1560-06-24
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Domingue de Gourgue
- Contributor: Robert De Barnac and Arnaud Gerburi
- Date: 1567-07-25
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Statement of opinion
- Date: 1500-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to the president and members of the Council of the Indies
- Contributor: The King [Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1557-02-15
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to [Alonso de Montúfar], archbishop of Mexico
- Contributor: The King [Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1561-08-26
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to [Juan de Zumárraga], bishop of Mexico
- Contributor: The Queen [Isabel, Wife of Charles I of Spain]
- Date: 1532-01-10
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain
- Contributor: The King [Charles I of Spain]
- Date: 1538-08-23
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to the bishops of Mexico, Guatemala, and Antequera [Oaxaca]
- Contributor: The King [Charles I of Spain]
- Date: 1538-08-23
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDeed executed in the city of Antequera on February 3, 1572, whereby Garci Ponce de León claims that he is a "Hijodalgo" of the city and therefore should be exempt from payment ... Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Jurisdiction covered: Spain. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available on microfilm (Law Library Microfilm 84/10004). Document in Spanish.
- Date: 1572-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter to Domingue de Gourgue
- Contributor: Louis De Lur and Others
- Date: 1568-11-06
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain
- Date: 1541-03-14
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a section of a royal document
- Contributor: [Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1574-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Permit to Céspedes to travel
- Date: 1500-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to the audiencia of New Spain
- Contributor: The King [Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1576-06-17
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to [Pedro Moya de Contreras], archbishop of Mexico
- Contributor: The King [Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1578-07-05
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Collection of letters, documents, and transcripts relating to Giovanni da Verrazzano and the Verrazzano family
- Contributor: Giovanni Da Verrazzano and the Verrazzano Family
- Date: 1401-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialAutograph draft of a reply to a memorandum recommending changes in the naval defense of Spanish America and its seaborne trade This manuscript in Medina Sidonia's autograph is, in effect, addressed to King Philip II of Spain. It relates to Drake's depredations along the Pacific coast of Spanish America (1578-1579) and in the Caribbean (1585-1586) and suggests measures which should be taken to avert further disasters of this sort. It recommends a thorough overhaul of Spanish naval strategy and new arrangements to protect communications and...
- Contributor: Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez De Guzmán - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1586-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Viceregal order
- Contributor: Luis De Velasco [the Younger, Viceroy of New Spain]
- Date: 1591-09-03
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Document
- Contributor: Domingue De Gourgue
- Date: 1568-07-09
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