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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
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
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
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
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
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