An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : containing the most exact relation hitherto publish'd, of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people : with the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, Bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties ; illustrated with cuts ; to which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.

Author
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 [Browse]
Uniform title
Works. Selections. English. 1699 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Translated from
French
Published/​Created
London : Printed by J. Darby for D. Brown [and 2 others], 1699.
Description
[8], 248, 40 p., [2] leaves of double plates : ill.

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Subject(s)
Summary note
eebo-0018
Notes
  • Abridged translations of six of the nine pamphlets published in 1552 and of L'Art de voyager utilement. Cf. BM.
  • Reproduction of original in British Library.
  • "The art of travelling to advantage": 40 p. at end.
References
  • Wing C797
  • Arber's Term cat. III 184
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