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Cronica de la Nueua España con la conquista de Mexico, y otras cosas notables: hechas por el valeroso Hernando Cortes... con mucha diligencia corregida, y añadida por el mesmo autor.
Saragossa: Augustin Millan, 1554
Physical Description: cxiii [i e. cxiv] leaves; 28 cm. (fol.)
Call number: B554/ L864h6/ Part 2/ 1-SIZE
Accession number: 07830
Notes: Contains several paragraphs of Nahuatl vocabulary, including numerals 1-20 and calendrical terms (some of which are animal names and other common nouns) for months, days, weeks, and years (leaves xcvi verso-xcvii verso). In this edition, the vocabulary and Spanish equivalents are incorporated into the body of type rather than set in list form. Vocabulary immediately preceded by “De las letras de Mexico”, a paragraph discussing Nahuatl hieroglyphics and phonetics (leaf xcvi verso).
Originally published as second part of author's La istoria de las Indias, y conquista de Mexico, Saragossa: Agustin Millan, 1552; here issued as second part of author's La historia general delas Indias y Nueuo Mundo, Saragossa, 1554.
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Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
