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1593. Grant of land to Martin de Gamez.
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CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO
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List of Plates
Glossary
Introduction
PART 1. THE ISTHMUS
Chapter Thirty-one.
The Initial Settlements,
1509-1513
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Oviedo on Juan de la Cosa in the Gulf of UraM in 1504.
III 31:2.
1508. Contract with Nicuesa and Hojeda for the Settlement of UraM and
Veragua.
Las Casas on the Hojeda expedition to UraM.
Peter Martyr on Nicuesa's expedition to Veragua and the expulsion of Nicuesa
and Enciso from Darien.
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1513. Balboa to the King, describing his expedition up the Atrato and his hope
of finding the other sea.
Peter Martyr on Balboa's sighting of the Pacific.
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III 31:6.
Chapter Thirty-two.
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Pedrarias Davila and the Conquest of Panama,
1513-1522
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1513. Royal instructions to Pedrarias Davila.
Pascual de Andagoya on the Pedrarias government.
Oviedo on Pedrarias and Balboa.
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1517. Relation of his entrada to Paris and Nata by Gaspar de Espinosa.
1519. Treaty with the cacique Queco.
1522. Repartimiento of the Indians of Panama.
Chapter Thirty-three. Expansion to the North: Nicaragua, Honduras, and
Costa Rica
III 33:1. Pascual de Andagoya on the conquest of Nicaragua.
III 33:2. 1524. Gil Gonzalez Davila to the King, on his expedition to Nicaragua.
III 33:3. 1535. Testimony on the services of Alonso Martin de Don Benito in Panama,
Nicaragua, and Peru.
III 33:4. Oviedo on the rivalries in Nicaragua and Honduras.
III 33:5. 1562, 1563. Juan Vazquez de Coronado to the Emperor, reporting on the
conquest of Costa Rica (two letters).
Chapter Thirty-four.
The Society of Conquest in Central America
III 34:1. 1522.Ordinancesfor encomiendasin Panama.
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III 34:2. 1522. Testimony on the administration of the encomiendas of Gaspar de
Espinosa.
III 34:3. 1540. Inventory of property left by Captain Juan Tellez in Nicaragua.
III 34:4. 1533. The licentiate Castaneda on an epidemic and its consequences.
III 34:5. 1578. The bishop of Njcaragua, Antonio Zayas, to the King.
III 34:6. 1575. Brief description of the kingdom of Tierra Firme, by an oider of the
A udiencia of Panama.
PARTIr.
Chapter Thirty-five.
THE GULF OF HONDURAS AND THE GULF OF
MEXICO, 1503-1518
Mainland to the West
III 35:1. Hernando Colon on Columbus' voyage to the Gulf of Honduras.
III 35:2. Las Casas on the voyage of Pinzon and Solis to Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico.
III 35:3. 1513. Testimony of Vincente Yanez Pinzon and the pilot Pedro de Ledesma on
their 1508 voyage to Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico.
11135:4. Herrera on the 1513voyage of Juan Ponce de Leon to the island of Bimini.
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Chapter Thirty-six. The Hernandez de Cordoba and Grijalva
Expeditions, 1517-1518
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Peter Martyr on the Hernandez de Cordoba expedition.
Bernal Diaz on the Hernandez de Cordoba expedition.
1522. Testimony of participants in the Hernandez de Cordoba expedition.
1520. Itinerario of the Grijalva expedition by the chaplain Juan Diaz.
Oviedo on the Grijalva expedition.
Chapter Thirty-seven.
Vera Cruz
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The Cortes Expedition and the Settlement of
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Gomara on the arrival at Cozumel and the rescue of Jeronimo de Aguilar.
Bernal Diaz on the battle at Tabasco and on Dona Marina.
Gomara on the arrival at San Juan de Ulua and the founding of Vera Cruz.
1519. The town council of Vera Cruz to the Emperor.
Indigenous accounts of the coming of Cortes: SahagUn.
Indigenous accounts of the coming of Cortes: Juan de Tovar.
Chapter Thirty-eight.
The News of Mexico
III 38:1. Goldand jewels sent by Cortes fromVera Cruz.
III 38:2. Peter Martyr on the early reports fromMexico.
PART III.
Chapter Thirty-nine.
THE INVASION OF CENTRAL MEXICO
Cortes and Montezuma
III 39:1. October 30, 1520. Cortes' second letter to the Emperor, from Segura de la
Frontera in New Spain.
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Munoz Camargo on the alliance with Tlaxcala.
Francisco de Aguilar's account of the march on Mexico and the noche triste.
Bernal Diaz on Tenochtitlan and Montezuma.
Bernardino Vazquez de Tapia on the Toxcatl massacre.
SahagUn on the march from Tlaxcala, the entry into Mexico, and the death of
Montezuma.
III 39:7. Diego Duran on the death of Montezuma and the noche triste.
III 39:8. Juan de Tovar on the march from Tlaxcala, the entry into Mexico, and the
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death of Montezuma.
III 39:9. 1520. The merchant Hernando de Castro to his partners in Spain.
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III 40:7.
The Siege of Mexico and the Consolidation of Conquest
1520. Cortes to the Emperor, on the siege.
Indigenous accounts of the siege: SahagUn.
1524. Cortes to the Emperor, on encomienda and native administration.
Circa 1524. Ordinances issued by Cortes on the treatment of Indians.
1529. Juan de la Zarza to Francisco de las Casas, on the latter's estate in
Mexico.
1529. The bishop of Mexico, Fray Juan de Zumarraga, to the Emperor, on
native administration, etc.
1532. Don Sebastian Ramirez de Fuenleal, president of the Audiencia of New
Spain, to the Emperor, on native administration.
Chapter Forty-one.
III 41:1.
The Spiritual Conquest of New Spain
Bernal Diaz on the arrival of the Franciscans.
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III 41:3.
Fray Toribio de Benavente (Motolinia) on the life of Fray Martin de Valencia.
1532. Fray Pedro de Gante to the Emperor, on the missionary endeavors of
the Franciscans.
III 41:4. Motolinia on the early years of missionary work.
III 41:5. Franciscan methods of teaching Indians.
III 41:6. 1536. Testimony in the Inquisition trial of the Indian notable Martin Ocelotl,
for apostasy and sorcery.
III 41:7. 1561. The Dominican, Franciscan, and Augustinian provincials, to the
Emperor, defending the activities of their orders.
Chapter Forty-two.
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The Society of Conquest in New Spain
1556. Cervantes de Salazar on the splendors of Mexico City.
1549. The will of the encomendero Geronimo Lopez.
Alonso de Zorita on the exploitation of the Indians.
1543-1552. Tribute assessments for the town of Cholula.
1552. Complaint of the Indians of Tecama against their encomendero, Juan
Ponce de Leon.
III 42:6. 1599. Gomez de Cervantes on the labor repartimiento.
III 42:7. 1545. Geronimo Lopez to the King, on native policy.
III 42:8. 1532. Agreement with the Indians of Tlaxcala and Cholula, by which they are
to provide labor for the settlers of Puebla.
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III 42:9. 1580. Description of Tepeaca.
III 42:10. 1566. Will of the Indian notable Don Julian de la Rosa.
III 42:11. 1560. The Indian town council of Huejotzingo to the King.
PART IV.
Chapter Forty-three.
EXPANSION FROM MEXICO
Yucatan and Honduras
III 43:1. 1524. Testimony of Rodrigo Manzanas on the conflict between Olid and Gil
Gonzales in Honduras.
III 43:2. Cortes to the Emperor, on the Honduras expedition.
III 43:3. Oviedo on the expedition of Montejo to the east coast of Yucatan.
III 43:4. BIas Gonzalez's account of his services in the conquest of Yucatan.
III 43:5. The bishop Diego de Landa on the conversion of the Indians of Yucatan.
III 43:6. 1579. Description of the town and province of Merida.
Chapter
Forty-four.
Guatemala
III 44:1. 1524. Pedro de Alvarado to Cortes, reporting on the conquest of Guatemala.
III 44:2. 1527. Minutes of a debate on the choice of a site for the (first) city of
Guatemala.
III 44:3. 1537. The bishop of Guatemala, Francisco Marroquin, to the Emperor, on the
evangelization of Guatemala.
III 44:4. 1542. Fray Pedro de Angulo, O. P., to the Emperor, on the mission in Vera
Paz.
III 44:5. March 8, 1576. Geographical description of Guatemala, by the oidor Diego
Garcia de Palacio.
Chapter
Forty-five.
The Pacific Provinces
and the North
III 45:1. Circa 1532. Garcia del Pilar on the expedition of Nufio de Guzman to
Michoacanand New Galicia.
III 45:2. 1554. Francisco de Ibarra to the King, on his exploration in Copala, New
Vizcaya, and Chiametla.
III 45:3. 1599. Gomez de Cervantes on the amalgamation technique of silver extraction.
III 45:4. 1592. Interrogatorio on the merits and services of Francisco de Urdifiola.
III 45:5. 1605. Geographical description of New Galiciaby the bishop of Guadalajara,
Alonso de la Mota y Escobar.
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THE ANDES
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