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The conquistador in California: 1535; the voyage of Fernando Cortes to Baja California in chronicles and documents.
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- Creator
- Translated and edited by W. Michael Mathes
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Publication
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- Los Angeles : Dawson's Book Shop, 1973
- Physical Details
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- 123 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780870932311, 0870932314
- OCLC
- ocm00641868
- Mathes, W. M. Introduction to the documents.--Gómara, F. López de. History of the conquest of Mexico.--Díaz del Castillo, B. The true history of the conquest of New Spain.--Herrera y Tordesillas, A. de. A general history of the actions of the Castillians on the islands and mainland of the ocean sea.--Lorenzana, F. A. Voyage of Hernán Cortés to the peninsula of the Californias.--A royal order amplifying the appointment of Fernando Cortés as Captain General of New Spain and the South Sea, 1 April 1529.--The contract made by Queen Juana.--The act of possession and discovery.--A royal order, 1535.--Letter from Fernando Cortés at Santa Cruz to Cristóbol de Oñate at Compostela, 14, May 1535.--Bibliography (p. 121-123)