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Demostracion historiografica del derecho que tiene el Rey Catholico âl territorio que oy posee el Rey Britanico con el nombre de nueva Georgia en las Provincias y continente de la Florida en la que se prueba el dominio positivo que tiene el Rey de España
AUTHOR/CREATOR
[Antonio de Arredondo]
CREATED/PUBLISHED
Havana: April 22, 1742
NOTES
Arredondo's work is a defense of Spain's rights to the region which the English were occupying under the name of Georgia. The work has been well known since 1925 when it was published in English and Spanish by Herbert E. Bolton in Arredondo's Historical Proof of Spain's Title to Georgia. For his edition Bolton depended upon a manuscript copy in the Archivo General de Indias, which in the old numbering system was shelved at Est. 86, caj. 5, leg. 24. He indicated the existence of another copy at Est. 87,caj. 1, leg. 3. The present copy is, then, a third manuscript version. It varies in some particulars from the copy published by Bolton. One notable difference is that Bolton's copy was dated March 20, 1742, and the present is dated April 22, 1742. Further, the present text lacks the letter of transmittal at the end, dated in Havana, April 4, 1742, in which Juan Francisco de Guemes y Horcasitas, captain general of Havana, indicates that the work had been written by the Engineer Don Antonio de Arredondo at his request. It is obvious, then, that the present copy was made from the original draft after the copy published by Bolton had been sent off to Spain. The ornamental title page and the inclusion of the route of Hernando de Soto on the map show the additional care which was devoted to the preparation of this copy. [For finding aid of this item, refer to Hans Peter Kraus: A Register of His Collection of Spanish American Documents in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019)]
SUBJECT
Florida--History--Sources.
New Spain--Boundaries.
England--Boundaries.
MEDIUM
Title page (vellum), 36 leaves, folding map (vellum)
PART OF
Hans P. Kraus Collection
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 20540
DIGITAL ID
mespk k15600
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mespk.k15600
RELATED ITEMS
(Hans P. Kraus Collection of Hispanic American Manusripts; a guide, by J. Benedict Warren)
(About the Collection)
(Link to collection finding aid (EAD))
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