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circa 1400-1500
Unknown
[Antiphon]
Single sheet of music. Date inferred. An antiphon is a verse usually from Scripture sung before and after a canticle or psalm as part of the liturgy.
GLC00496.124
4 May 1493
Alexander VI, Pope (1431-1503)
[Demarcation bull, granting Spain possession of lands discovered by Columbus]
Broadside entitled "Copia de la bula del decreto y concession q[ue] hizo el papa / Alexandro sexto al Rey y la Reyna nuestros senores de las Indias conforme al capitu." Unique copy of second version possibly printed at Valladolio, by Francisco...
GLC04093
1552
Casas, Bartolomé de las, (1474-1566)
Aqui se Contiene una Disputa, o Controversia [Second Edition]
The fifth tract on the conquest of the New World and rights of the Indians. In Spanish.
GLC04220
1858
Powell, William Henry, (1823-1879)
De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi.
One engraving entitled "De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi" dated 1858. Depicts De Soto, riding a white horse, arriving at the Mississippi River at a point below Natchez on May 8,1541. Native Americans watch in front of their tepees, and a chief...
GLC08878.0002
1493
Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506)
Epistola Christofori Colom... de insulis Indie supra Gangem.... [exploration]
First edition, in Latin, second (corrected) issue, printed at Rome after 29 April 1493. Gothic type; 33 lines per page. Pamphlet printing letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain concerning his first voyage to America, the so-called...
GLC01427
1671
Montanus, (fl. 1670-1671)
Insulae Americanae in Oceeano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacenibus [Map of the Americas]
A map entitled, "Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacenibus" dated circa 1671. The map features Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, the island of Espanolia which is modern day Haiti and Dominican Republic, Jamacia, Puerto Rico...
GLC09789
1856
Vanderlyn, John, (1775-1852)
Landing of Columbus.
One engraving entitled "Landing Of Columbus" dated 1856. Depicts Columbus landing in the New World in 1492. Columbus and his men arrive on a beachfront in the West Indies. Columbus holds the royal banner of Aragon and Castile in one hand and a sword...
GLC08878.0001
1857
Weir, Robert Walter, (1802-1889)
Landing of Henrick Hudson.
One engraving entitled "Landing of Henrick Hudson" dated 1857. Depicts the landing of Hudson and his men in 1609. Native Americans wait on the shore to greet them. Published by Martin, Johnson & Co, New York, from the original painting by Robert...
GLC08878.0003
1893
Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez, written on board the caravel while returning from his first voyage.
Title continues: "Published at Barcelona, May, 1493." Facsimile of the first publication concerning America. First 20 pages, Latin text in facsimile (black letter, with illustrations); followed by English translation. Published in Chicago by the W...
GLC08615
21 June 1540
García de Loaysa, Francisco (fl. 1540)
to Francisco Vásquez de Coronado [in Spanish]
Written on behalf of King Charles I of Spain (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor), by the President of the Council of the Indies, Francisco García de Loaysa. Report of the Niza expedition. Authorizes Coronado's expedition to explore the heart of the North...
GLC04883
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