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Manuscripts
Derrotero with sailing instructions for the route from San Lucar, Spain, to the West Indies and Florida, with a description of duties and payment of ship's personnel (ff. 150v-177v) and table of latitudes (ff. 178-184). Dedicatory poem indicates that Luis de la Cruz is the author. Written probably about 1600, since Luis de la Cruz is first listed as master of a ship in 1585 and his name last appears in the records of the Archivo de Indias in Seville in a law suit of 1615. Internal evidence shows the volume was written after 1565 since the town of St. Augustine, Florida, founded in that year, is mentioned. Span folios: ff. 1-199v. Support: Paper. Watermark(s): Croix Latine not dissimilar from Briquet 5688 and 5704, both Perpignan (1596, 1595). Layout: Collation beginning with f. iv: 1-7²⁰ 8-10¹⁶(through f. 184) 11¹⁶(-16, now the pastedown and torn loose from the quire). 20-26 long lines with vertical bounding lines defined by folds in the paper. ff. v-199v: [Luis de la Cruz, Derrotero]: Incipit: Capitulo primero de la derrota de la barra De sant lucar a las yslas De canaria, Partiendo de la barra de san lucar ... Explicit: nombre de Jesus.
mssHM 30957
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Manuscripts
Scans to CD of a manuscript held by the Museo Naval. Citation given as: Museo Naval de Madrid, Manuscript 465, 159 ff., Derrotero de Indias of Luis de la Cruz (early 17th century).
mssHM 83173
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Manuscripts
This manuscript, written by Chilean politician Anselmo de la Cruz only 8 months before Chilean revolutionaries declared independence from Spain, outlines his plan for a governmental investigation, or a "visita general," to streamline agricultural, industrial, and commercial output of every Chilean province.
mssHM 84478