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Historia dell'Indie Occidentali, ouero Conquista della prouincia d'Iucatan, della marauigliosa città di Messico, & d'altre prouincie ad essa sottoposte.
Venice: Barezzo Barezzi , 1599
Physical Description: [34], 402 leaves ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Call number: B599/ L864h
Accession number: 03724
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 Italian equivalents in parallel column (leaves 338 recto-341 verso). Vocabulary immediately preceded by “Delle lettere di Mexico”, a paragraph discussing Nahuatl hieroglyphics and phonetics (leaf 337 verso-338 recto).
Published anonymously. Translation, by Lucio Mauro, 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. First Italian translation, by Augustino de Cravaliz, published Rome, 1556, as second part of author's La historia generale delle Indie occidentali; Mauro’s translation first published Rome, 1566, as author’s La terza parte delle Historia dell' Indie, Venice, 1566.
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Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
