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The pleasant historie of the conquest of the West India, now called New Spaine, atchieued by the worthy prince Hernando Cortes... translated out of the Spanishe tongue, by T.N.
London: Thomas Creede, 1596
Physical Description: [12], 405, [7] p. (the last p. blank) ; 20 cm. (4to)
Call number: B596/ L864p
Accession number: 0679
Notes: Contains several brief lists 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, with English equivalents in parallel column (p. 370_-376]). Preceded by “The letters that the Indians used in Mexican”, a paragraph discussing Nahuatl hieroglyphics and phonetics (p. 369). Translation, by Thomas Nicholas, of author's Conquista de Mexico, first published as second part of author’s La istoria de las Indias, y Conquista de Mexico, Saragossa: Agustin Millan, 1552. English translation first published London, 1578.
Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
