Manuscripts
Derrotero :
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Derrotero de Indias of Luis de la Cruz
Manuscripts
Scans to CD of a manuscript held by the Museo Naval. Citation given as: Museo Naval de Madrid, Manuscript 465, 159 ff., Derrotero de Indias of Luis de la Cruz (early 17th century).
mssHM 83173
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Plan for a General Inspection in Chile to harmonize natural wealth and counteract poverty
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This manuscript, written by Chilean politician Anselmo de la Cruz only 8 months before Chilean revolutionaries declared independence from Spain, outlines his plan for a governmental investigation, or a "visita general," to streamline agricultural, industrial, and commercial output of every Chilean province.
mssHM 84478
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Derrotero : [manuscript]
Manuscripts
Derrotero written in Spain after 1570, the latest date given in the text (f. 46v); possibly composed after 1582 as Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba is apparently referred to as no longer living (f. 81). It consists of a geographical description of the coasts of the world: Europe, Africa, southern and eastern Asia (including Japan and the East Indies), the Americas from the La Plata River to the Carribean, Peru, the east coast of North America to Labrador and Greenland, with descriptions of the inhabitants, customs, products and brief historical notices, especially for Europe and the Holy Lands. ff. 1-168v: [Derrotero]: Rubric: Derotero Del Mundo. Incipit: Pues bolviendo a la obra començada ... Explicit: cuya gracia sea en nuestro favor.
mssHM 1788
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Derrotero del Mar del Sur desde Nicaragua al Callao de Lima :
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Manuscript is 87 pages. It contains numerous colored sketches of coast, hills, etc., and 13 pages of tabulated declinations. The manuscript might be a copy by Bernardo de Berrett, made in the latter part of the 18th century.
mssHM 917