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First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán, August 14, 1521
Item — Box 45
Identifier: 4075.3916
Desription
First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán.Title/description created by Clevy Lloyd Strout, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Tulsa, 1962. Label Text Signed by Hernán Cortés, Juan de Ribera, and Hernán Sánchez de Aguilar on August 14, 1521, this decree is possibly the first official document issued following Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán. It...
Dates:
August 14, 1521
Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to Archbishop Cisneros, 1512
Item — Box 45
Identifier: 4075.67
Description
Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to Archbishop Cisneros. Diego, born in Guanahani (later San Salvador), was one of ten Natives taken back to Spain aboard the Niña in January 1493. After being baptized in Barcelona, Christopher Columbus adopted him. Diego became Columbus' chief interpreter and served him faithfully during his remaining time in the Indies.
Dates:
1512
Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to King Charles V, circa 1520
Item — Box 45
Identifier: 4075.3918
Description
This is a letter from Diego Colón to Charles V, in which Diego outlines his future plans for colonization of the Spanish Indies. He also voices his support of the crusade of the Spanish Friar, las Casas, who was at that time in Spain, campaigning for the freedom of the enslaved natives of the New World. He also (in one paragraph) requests authority to import African slaves into the New World in exchange for the Indians' freedom. This is the earliest known reference among Spanish documents...
Dates:
circa 1520
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