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Contains the second, third, and fourth letters sent by Hernán Cortés to Carlos V concerning the conquest of Mexico, in Italian translation. Also contains the first part of "Di Pietro d'Alvarado a Fernando Cortese", a letter from Pedro de Alvarado to Hernán Cortés.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
Corporate Author: Heredi di Lucantonio Giunta (Printer)
Other Authors: Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557, Alvarado, Pedro de, 1485?-1541
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Italian
Published: [In Venetia] : [Nella stamperia de Giunti], [1556 or 1565?]
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Description
Summary:Contains the second, third, and fourth letters sent by Hernán Cortés to Carlos V concerning the conquest of Mexico, in Italian translation. Also contains the first part of "Di Pietro d'Alvarado a Fernando Cortese", a letter from Pedro de Alvarado to Hernán Cortés.
Item Description:"Aus Ramusio, "Navigazioni," Venedig, 1556"--Handwritten inscription inside cover.
Text matches decription of 1565 edition in Sabin 67740 (cited below)
Signatures: 2f⁸-2o⁸(-1)
Initial letters; side-notes.
The Cushing Library/Colonial Mexican Imprint collection copy has bookplate: Contributed by the Abell-Hanger Foundation in memory of George T. Abell, pioneer geologist, engineer, and oil finder in the Permian Basin of West Texas.
The Cushing Library/Colonial Mexican Imprint collection copy has modern binding.
Physical Description:leaves 225-296 ; 30 cm.
Related Items:Taken from the Terza volume delle nauigationi et viaggi...compiled by Giovanni Battista Ramusio and published in Venice by the successors of Lucantonio Giunti in 1556.
Place of Publication:Italy -- Venice.