Hammond, George P.; Rey, Agapito (Editors)

Narratives of the Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542 [Coronado Cuarto Centennial Publications, Volume II]

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1940.

First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 750 copies. xii + 413 pp including vocabulary, errata, notes, index. Original red cloth stamped in gilt. Minor shelf wear to boards, binding tight and square, contents clean. Attractive bookplate of Ruth and Charles de Y Elkus on front pastedown. No dust jacket. A 33-page introduction gives a short sketch of Coronado's early life and a brief account of the expedition itself. The remainder of the volume provides English translations of all 29 known documents relating to Coronado's journey. They include three letters of Coronado and two of the viceroy, Antonio Mendoza, to King Charles I of Spain, and two letters of Coronado to Mendoza. Coronado's appointments as governor of New Galicia, and as leader of the expedition are also given, as well as the instructions issued to Fray Marcos of Niza and the latter's report of his journey made in the spring and summer of 1539. The longest document included in the volume is the history of the expedition by Pedro de Castaneda de Najera, which give a a fairly detailed and complete account of the entire expedition. Other important documents included are the accounts of the Coronado and Cardenas trials, which had never been previously translated into English.

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