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Derrotero de Indias of Luis de la Cruz

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Description: 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).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 2009.
Call number: mssHM 83173
Creator: Cruz, Luis de la(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Fundacion Museo Naval, November 2009.
Restrictions: The images are for reference only. No duplication or copying is allowed.

Derrotero : [manuscript]

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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Derrotero by José Manuel de Moraleda y Montero

Manuscripts

These three documents describe the frigate Santa Gertrudis' voyage from the Port of Callao (Lima, Peru) to Acapulco, Mexico and back. The first document is a 1-page introduction to the following two, dated October 30, 1791, in Acapulco. The second document is a 4-page report by Alonso de Torres y Guerra, the commander of the Santa Gertrudis, to Antonio Valdes, a Spanish naval officer. It summarizes the journey's events, including the assistance provided to an English ship, descriptions of the Galapagos Islands, as well as commentary on Alejandro Malaspina's navigation charts and Juan Francisco de Bodega y Quadra's upcoming expedition to Nootka Island, Canada. And the third document is a 35-page derrotero, or route journal, written by José Manuel de Moraleda y Montero during the round trip from the Port of Callao to Acapulco, detailing landmarks, anchorages, climate, and other nautical and navigational information.

mssMontero

Natural y General Hystoria de las Indias, 1539-1548. [volume 1]

Manuscripts

Paper; ff. i (modern) + 71 + ii (1 contemporary, 1 modern); Vol. 1: 1-5¹² 6¹²(-12); 290 x 210 (220-232 x 105-110) mm. Written in the hand of the author. Catchwords enclosed in brown ink scrolls in the middle or right lower margins. Leaf signatures in roman numerals in the middle of the lower margin; quire and leaf signatures in a later hand in letters and arabic numerals, frequently including the seventh leaf of a quire, in the right lower margin close under the text. 32-38 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in dry point. The manuscript was written probably in Santo Domingo between 1539-46 and completed in Spain in 1546-48: the dates given in the text are March 1539, in Book IV, chap. 7 and 1548 in the prologue of Book VI. Illustrated with 24 pen and ink drawings by the author, a few shaded in black lead. Marginal notes in 3 hands: i, the author's corrections, additions and directions to the printer; ii, note on f. 49 of vol. 1 made after 1580; iii, pencilled notes in English in vol. 2 with the book numbers, probably made by a bookseller. Contents: [Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés] Historia general y natural de las Indias. Spanish. In vol. 1, Book VI: Este es el libro que Capitan Gonzalo Fernandez Fiço de la Natural y General Hystoria de las Indias ... [f. 1, Prologue:] Poco tiene que hazer ... [f. 2v, Text:] Capitulo primero del libro ... Bivian los Indios del esta ysla de hayti ... no deve ser sin misterio y secreto de la natura el qual yo no alcanço. Fin del presente libro.

mssHM 177

Addiciones á las noticias contenidas en la descripcion compendiosa de lo descuvierto y conocido de la California ... : manuscript, approximately 1746

Manuscripts

Manuscript by Ferdinand Konsag, with additions by Juan de Armesto. Includes drawing of cacti, with descriptions; derrotero consisting of two maps, showing sections of the West and South Eastern coasts of lower California, in the handwriting of the author. In Spanish.

mssHM 1295

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Martín de Herrera manuscript

Manuscripts

This manuscript written by Martín de Herrera describes his and his family's service to the Spanish crown and the alleged misdeeds of Viceroy of New Spain, Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga. These misdeeds include removing some of the Catholic Church's autonomy, dismissing members of the Treasury, replacing administrators with his own friends, and imposing regulations on the mercury, wine, and meat trades. Herrera also alleges that Manrique de Zúñiga was arresting or exiling any whistle blowers, including Herrera himself, who was jailed, probably in Cuba, when writing this manuscript. Herrera also writes about the hardships he and his brother, Diego, have endured, and their efforts to enlist the sympathy of the Consejo de Indias on their behalf.

mssHM 84508

Natural y General Hystoria de las Indias, 1539-1548. [volume 2]

Manuscripts

Paper; ff. i (contemporary) + 107 + i (contemporary); modern foliation in vol. 2 runs 11-117 since ff. 1-10, formerly bound with this volume, were removed in 1976 and catalogued as HM 37542. Vol. 2: 1¹² 2¹²(-11, 12) 3¹² 4²²(-22) 5⁴ 6-7¹² 8¹²(plus bifolium between 1 and 2) 9¹⁰. 290 x 210 (220-232 x 105-110) mm. The lower margin of the last 8 leaves are completely cut away. Written in the hand of the author. Catchwords enclosed in brown ink scrolls in the middle or right lower margins. Leaf signatures in roman numerals in the middle of the lower margin; quire and leaf signatures in a later hand in letters and arabic numerals, frequently including the seventh leaf of a quire, in the right lower margin close under the text. 32-38 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in dry point. The manuscript was written probably in Santo Domingo between 1539-46 and completed in Spain in 1546-48: the dates given in the text are March 1539, in Book IV, chap. 7 and 1548 in the prologue of Book VI. Illustrated with 24 pen and ink drawings by the author, a few shaded in black lead. Marginal notes in 3 hands: i, the author's corrections, additions and directions to the printer; ii, note on f. 49 of vol. 1 made after 1580; iii, pencilled notes in English in vol. 2 with the book numbers, probably made by a bookseller. Contents: [Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés] Historia general y natural de las Indias. Books IV, VII, IX, XI, XXXII, and XXXVII]: [f. 11, Prologue:] Pues que es ya tiempo se de conclusion A las cosas de la governacion ... [f. 11v, Text:] Capitulo primero ... Dixosse en el libro procedente ...Y esto baste quanto a este breve libro del numero xxxvi hasta que el tiempo nos avise de otras cosas que en el se acresçienten.

mssHM 177

Derrotero de Indias of Luis de la Cruz

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