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Conquista del Reyno de la Nueva Galicia en la America Septentrional, fundacion de su Capital Ciudad de Goadalaxara sus progresos militares y politicos y breve descripcion de los Reynos de la Nueva Viscaya, Nueva Toledo, o Nayarit, Nueva Estre maduram o Coahuila, Nuevas Philipinas, o Texas, Nuevo Reino de Leon, Nueva Andalucia, o Sonora, y Sinaloa, con noticias de la Ysla de la California por comprehenderse unos de d[ic]hos Reinos en el Ob[is]p[a]do de d[ic]ha cuidad, yotros en el districto de su R[eal] Au[dienci]a por el Lic[encia]do Dr. Mathias de la Mota Padilla natural de d[ic]ha cuidad de Goadalazara, Alguacil mayor de el Santo Officio, y actual Abogado Fiscal de d[ic]ha R[eal] Audiencia. Año de 1742 : manuscript, 1742.
1742.
Manuscript copy of a history of New Galicia extending to 1742. Includes accounts of its aborigines, its conquest and colonization by the Spaniards, founding of the capital city, and the work of religious orders, with brief descriptions of other regions which lay within the jurisdiction of the same audiencia or diocese. Title page written in 18th-century Mexican calligraphy.
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Manuscript copy of a history of New Galicia extending to 1742. Includes accounts of its aborigines, its conquest and colonization by the Spaniards, founding of the capital city, and the work of religious orders, with brief descriptions of other regions which lay within the jurisdiction of the same audiencia or diocese. Title page written in 18th-century Mexican calligraphy.
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- Title
- Conquista del Reyno de la Nueva Galicia en la America Septentrional, fundacion de su Capital Ciudad de Goadalaxara sus progresos militares y politicos y breve descripcion de los Reynos de la Nueva Viscaya, Nueva Toledo, o Nayarit, Nueva Estre maduram o Coahuila, Nuevas Philipinas, o Texas, Nuevo Reino de Leon, Nueva Andalucia, o Sonora, y Sinaloa, con noticias de la Ysla de la California por comprehenderse unos de d[ic]hos Reinos en el Ob[is]p[a]do de d[ic]ha cuidad, yotros en el districto de su R[eal] Au[dienci]a por el Lic[encia]do Dr. Mathias de la Mota Padilla natural de d[ic]ha cuidad de Goadalazara, Alguacil mayor de el Santo Officio, y actual Abogado Fiscal de d[ic]ha R[eal] Audiencia. Año de 1742 : manuscript, 1742.
- Call Number
- C0744.02 (Garrett Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 12)
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcqf85nq52g
- Language
- Spanish
- Date Created
- 1742.
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 1 v. (478 leaves) ; 30 x 21 cm.
- Provenance
- Ex Biblioteca D. Francisci Xaverii de Gamboa Senatoris Mexicani"--Written in pen on front flyleaf. "W.S."--stamp on top edge of text block. "M.S. ... n. 76"--label on spine. Bookplate of Robert Garrett.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift; Robert Garrett, Acc. no. AM 20161.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Binding Note
- Brown calf, gilt stamped on spine with evidence of end clasps (now missing).
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- File Count
- 960
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Mesoamerican Manuscripts
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/25233e64-0bd3-4e6a-b442-dbdab9349f26/manifest