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Costume
Spicer, Dorothy Gladys
Latin American Costumes.
New York: The Hyperion Press, 1941.
391 fSp41 RBOF
Description and Travel
Boucard, Adolphe
Travels of a Naturalist. A Record of Adventures, Discoveries, History and Customs of Americans and Indians, Habits and Descriptions of Animals, Chiefly Made in North America, California, Mexico, Central America, Columbia, Chili, etc., during the Last Forty-Two Years.
London: Pardy and Son, Printers, 1894.
917 B66 RBG
Delano, Amasa, 1763-1823
A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres; Comprising Three Voyages round the World.
Boston: Printed by E. G. House, for the author, 1817.
910.4 D374 RBG
Grijalva, Juan de, d.1527
The Discovery of New Spain in 1518.
Trans. Henry Raup Wagner. Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America, New Series, No. 2. [Berkeley, CA]: The Cortes Society, 1942.
972 C8181n no.2 RBG
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799-1804.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814-1829. 7 vols.
918 H882p RBG
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Vues des cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.
Paris: Chez F. Schoell, 1810.
913.72 H881 RBG
Sullivan, Edward Robert, Sir, 1826-1899
Rambles and Scrambles in North and South America.
London: R. Bentley, 1852
917.3 Su53r RBG
Exhibitions
Danforth, Susan
Encountering the New World, 1493 to 1800: Catalogue of an Exhibition.
Providence, R.H.: John Carter Brown Library, 1991.
E56.D36 1991 RBG
History
Campbell, John, 1708-1775
The Spanish Empire in America. Containing, a Succinct Relation of the Discovery and Settlement of Its Several Colonies; a View of Their Respective Situations, Extent, Commodities, Trade, &c. . . .
London: M. Cooper, 1747.
970 C152 RBG
Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain.
New York; London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. 2 vols.
973.89 fH23 RBOF
Helps, Arthur, Sir, 1813-1875
The Spanish Conquest in America and Its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of Colonies.
London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1855-61. 4 vols. Lacking vol. 3-4.
972 H36 RBG
Larreta, Enrique Rodríguez, 1875-1961
La gloria de don Ramiro, una vida en tiempos de Felipe II.
Ed. conmemorativa, con ilus. del autor. [Buenos Aires]: Grandes Librerías Anaconda [1933]. Horse hair binding.
863 L328g RBG
Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856
History of South America and Mexico; Comprising Their Discovery, Geography, Politics, Commerce and Revolutions . . . to Which is Annexed, A Geographical and Historical View of Texas, with a Detailed Account of the Texian Revolution and War. By Hon. L. T. Pease.
Hartford: H. Huntington, 1839.
976.4 P324 TXG
Picard, Bernard
The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations the Known World; Together with Historical Annotations, and Several Curious Discourses Equally Instructive and Entertaining. Written Originally in French and Illustrated with a Large Number of Folio Copper Plates, All Beautifully Designed.
London: William Jackson for Claude De Bosc, 1733. 7 vols.
BL75.C41 1733 RBOF
Law
Las leyes de recopilación.
Madrid: Juan de Zuniga, 1745. 3 vols.
349.46 Sp15 RBG
Native Americans
The Maya Chronicles.
Ed. Daniel G. Brinton. Philadelphia: D.G. Brinton, 1882.
F1435.B865 RBG
Motolinía, Toribio, d. 1568
History of the Indians of New Spain.
Trans. Elizabeth Andras Foster. Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America, New Series, No. 4. [Berkeley, CA]: Cortés Society, 1950.
972 C8181n no.4 RBG
Religion
Picard, Bernard
The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations the Known World; Together with Historical Annotations, and Several Curious Discourses Equally Instructive and Entertaining. Written Originally in French and Illustrated with a Large Number of Folio Copper Plates, All Beautifully Designed.
London: William Jackson for Claude De Bosc, 1733. 7 vols.
BL75.C41 1733 RBOF