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Book/Printed Material Relation that Alvar Núñez Cabeça de Vaca gave of what befel the armament in the Indias whither Pánphilo de Narváez went for governor (from the years 1527 to 1537) when with three comrades he returned and came to Sevilla

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Title

  • Relation that Alvar Núñez Cabeça de Vaca gave of what befel the armament in the Indias whither Pánphilo de Narváez went for governor (from the years 1527 to 1537) when with three comrades he returned and came to Sevilla

Names

  • Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century
  • Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871
  • Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992
  • Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982
  • Grabhorn Press
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1929]

Headings

  • -  Narváez, Pánfilo de,---1528
  • -  Indians of North America
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  United States--California--San Francisco

Notes

  • -  "Printed from the Buckingham Smith translation of 1871."
  • -  Printers̓ device below title.
  • -  Title page is the 5th prelim. leaf. "Advertisement" (2d-4th prelim. leaves) signed: Oscar Lewis.
  • -  First Spanish edition published at Zamora, 1542. The present edition is from Buckingham Smith's translation, first printed at Washington in 1851, made from the first part of the second Spanish edition printed at Valladolid, 1555, with title: La relacion y comentariõs del gouernador Aluar nuñez cabeca de vaca, de lo acaescido en dos jornadas que hizo a las Indias.
  • -  "300 copies of this Relation were printed at the Grabhorn Press in the fall of 1929 at San Francisco. The decorations were drawn & hand colored by Valenti Angelo"-- p. [1] (1st sequence).
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1964.001.00.0001.
  • -  LAC snh 2019-04-24 no edits (2 card)

Medium

  • [10], 122, [2] p. : ill., map, facsim., coat of arms ; 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E125.N9 N94
  • E125.N9 N94 Copy 2 Inscribed presentation copy from Edwin Grabhorn to Thomas Workman Temple. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Accompanying material laid in.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 30006881

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Alvar, Active 16Th Century, Buckingham Smith, Oscar Lewis, Valenti Angelo, Grabhorn Press, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Relation that Alvar Núñez Cabeça de Vaca gave of what befel the armament in the Indias whither Pánphilo de Narváez went for governor from the yearsto 1537 when with three comrades he returned and came to Sevilla. [San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1929] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/30006881/.

APA citation style:

Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, A., Smith, B., Lewis, O., Angelo, V., Grabhorn Press & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1929) Relation that Alvar Núñez Cabeça de Vaca gave of what befel the armament in the Indias whither Pánphilo de Narváez went for governor from the yearsto 1537 when with three comrades he returned and came to Sevilla. [San Francisco, Grabhorn Press] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/30006881/.

MLA citation style:

Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Alvar, Active 16Th Century, et al. Relation that Alvar Núñez Cabeça de Vaca gave of what befel the armament in the Indias whither Pánphilo de Narváez went for governor from the yearsto 1537 when with three comrades he returned and came to Sevilla. [San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1929] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/30006881/>.