Letter from Maggs Bros enclosing information on Spanish 'royal instructions about the reports to be made by the leaders of American expeditions' which is offered for sale for £10 10s

Date:
12 April 1932
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/240
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Letter from Maggs Bros enclosing information on Spanish 'royal instructions about the reports to be made by the leaders of American expeditions' which is offered for sale for £10 10s. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Wi AGGs Royal Instructions about the Reports to be made by the Leaders of American Expeditions. INSTRUCCION Y MEMORIA, de las relaciones que se han de hazer, para la descripcion de las Indias, que su Magestad manda hazer, para el buen govierno y ennoblescimiento dellas. Folio, 3 pp. Wrappers. (Spain, about 1620). ei 10s. -.- Instructions, and memorial of the reports which have to be made, for the description of America, which his Majesty orders to be done for their better government and imprisonment. Any unusual events that took place in America, or any new discoveries that were made, had to be reported to the Spanish authorities in Spain, and this work gives a list of fifty special subjects that should be dealt with in making these relations or reports, among them being that the name of the explorer or discoverer should. be given, together with the one who ordered the expedition, any towns or settlements, rivers and various natural features, native inhabitants, various animals, productions, etc. At the commencement is an order authorising the copying and distributing of this document to those in authority, and to the various towns and settlements throughout America.