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Conquista de Mexico: segunda parte dela chronica general delas Indias, que trata de la conquista de Mexico.
Medina del Campo: Guillermo de Millis, 1553
Physical Description: cxxxix leaves; 30 cm. (fol)
Call number: B553/ L864h/ 1-SIZE
Accession number: 01498
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 Spanish equivalents in parallel column (leaves cxvii recto-cxix [i.e. cxviii] verso). Vocabulary immediately preceded by “De las letras de Mexico”, a paragraph discussing Nahuatl hieroglyphics and phonetics (leaf cxvii recto). Set in black letter type.
Originally published as second part of author's La istoria de las Indias, y conquista de Mexico, Saragossa: Agustin Millan, 1552. Here reissued, with special t.p. and separate foliation and signatures, as second part of author's Hispania victrix. Primera y secunda parte de la historia general de las Indias, Medina del Campo, 1553.
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Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
