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Descriptive
Summary
Arrangement
Foreword to the
Calendar, by Carlos
Eduardo Castaeda
Index Terms
Manuel E. Gondra Manuscript Collection:
Key to
Abbreviations of
Works Cited in the Part I: Introduction and Sixteenth Century Documents
Calendar
Description of
Series
Sixteenth Century
Documents Descriptive Summary
Arrangement
In the preparation of this Calendar, the compiler and the editor have
striven first of all to acquaint the public with enough of the contents of
the remarkable Gondra Collection of manuscripts to enable the student
or research worker to determine whether he should examine a given
manuscript personally. The listing of the documents by author and title
alone would not have been sufficient for this purpose, particularly since
a large portion of the manuscripts consists of correspondence, the
individual pieces of which bear no formal titles. A description of the
contents, in addition to the usual descriptive data of such materials, is
necessary to make the Calendar a working tool. The description of the
contents in each instance has, therefore, been made as concise and
uniform as possible, without sacrificing clearness and completeness.
The additional bibliographical and analytical information given in
connection with individual items makes no pretense to be exhaustive.
To have made it so would have required a lifetime. An earnest effort
has been made in each instance to be as thorough as possible under
the circumstances. The editor and compiler have spent almost ten
years on and off, in the preparation of this Calendar. It is hoped that use
by competent scholars and students will correct inaccuracies and help
place in the proper perspective many of the items listed. It has been
thought that the need to make such a descriptive list available to
students and research workers without delay outweighs the desire for
perfection, as well as all other considerations.
Entry Names.
Each document is entered under author, unless not ascertainable, in
which case it is entered under title. In the case of long names, these
are given in full the first time, together with titles of offices held by the
writer of the document, unless they are brought out in the title.
Thereafter, the portion of the name most commonly used to designate
the author is employed. Composite names in common use during the
XVI Century are separated into their component parts where obvious:
e.g. Hernandarias de Saavedra is entered as Arias de Saavedra,
Hernando. The general arrangement is chronological. The spelling of
reader may rest fairly well assured, therefore, that if a name or topic
does not appear in the analysis of a document in this portion of the
Calendar, or in the title, it is either not mentioned, or the reference is so
slight as to be negligible.
Points to Keep in Mind.
Names and locations that appear in the title are not repeated in the
analytical summary of its contents. No matter how often used in a given
document or how important, the name of any person or place appears
in the analysis only once, for it is presumed that a serious reader will
want to examine the complete manuscript personally if reference is
made to a subject or person in whom he is interested. In most
instances the connection of persons or places to important incidents is
indicated by a phrase, either long or short. If the connection is slight,
the proper name alone is given. Place names, if the reference is
meager, are noted without comment. Distinction between signatories,
witnesses, endorsers, and copyists is not always made. Modernized
spelling for proper names has been used where obvious; in doubtful
cases, the spelling in the manuscript has been retained. Since names
of Indian tribes and nations in South America have not been
standardized, a few exceptions to the contrary, these have been left as
they appear in the manuscript.
Publication Data.
Following the analytical summary, in a separate paragraph, data is
given as to whether the document listed has been published. A large
part of the XVI Century documents in the collection have been printed,
in whole or in part; not so many of those in the succeeding centuries. To
achieve conciseness, a system of abbreviations is used to designate
the work in which the manuscript has been printed. For the
abbreviations used, see the Appendix. Document numbers where used
follow the system of the work in question, and are usually shown in
small capitals.
The printed text of the documents has frequently been found to be not
identical. In nearly every case, spelling differences, due to variant
readings of the manuscript, inconsistent efforts to modernize the
spelling, faulty editing, or the use of different copies, were discovered.
Variations of this sort, except in significant cases, have not been noted.
When the manuscript document in the collection is described as
complete, but the printed text is not, the part or parts published have
usually been indicated. Other remarks have been added when deemed
necessary.
This part of the work is necessarily incomplete. Nearly the whole
summer of 1949 was spent in checking as many of the published
collections of documents and other printed sources as possible. It was
decided that further research of this nature would yield diminishing
returns and delay the publication beyond what is desirable. Some of the
manuscripts related to the problems of boundary disputes are quoted
piece-meal in short passages in a maze of publications of the XIX and
XX Centuries dealing with the subject, but generally taken out of
context. In such cases, if the portion printed is too short or not
Index Terms
Paraguay--Boundary disputes--Sources
Uruguay--History--Sources
AAM
Aceval, Benjamn, Chaco ParaguayoMemoria
presentada al arbitrio, por... E. E. y Ministro
Plenipotenciario del Paraguay en Washington. Apndice,
documentos, anexos y fallo arbitral. Asuncin, Krause,
1896.
AAM
Aceval, Benjamn, Chaco ParaguayoMemoria
presentada al arbitrio, por... E. E. y Ministro
Plenipotenciario del Paraguay en Washington. Apndice,
documentos, anexos y fallo arbitral. Asuncin, Krause,
1896.
ABJ
Coleccin de documentos que apoyan el alegato de Bolivia
en el juicio arbitral con la repblica del Per. Buenos Aires,
Imp. Compaa Sud-Americana de billetes de banco, 1906.
2 vols.
ACL
Amuntegui, Miguel Luis, La cuestin de lmites entre Chile
i la repblica argentina. Santiago, Imp. Nacional, 1879-
1881. 3 vols.
AEZ
ALP
Audibert, Alejandro, Los lmites de la antigua provincia del
Paraguay por el doctor Alejandro Audibert. Primera parte.
Buenos Aires, Imp. La Econmica de Iustoni hnos. y cia.,
1892.
AMP
Aceval, Benjamn, Appendix and Documents Annexed to
the Memoire Filed by the Minister of Paraguay, on the
Question Submitted to Arbitration. New York, Evening Post
Steam Presses, 1878.
BEF
Bez, Cecilio, Ensayo sobre el doctor Francia y la dictadura
en Sud-Amrica. Asuncin, Talleres nacionales de H.
Kraus, 1910.
BE
Benites, Gregorio, Exposicin de los derechos del
Paraguay en la cuestin de lmites con Bolivia sobre el
territorio del Chaco presentada al plenipotenciario boliviano
Dr. D. Telmo Ichazo. Asuncin, Tip. La Opinin, 1895.
BG
Garay, Blas, Coleccin de documentos relativos la
historia de Amrica y particularmente la historia del
Paraguay. Asuncin, H. Kraus, 1899.
BG II
Garay, Blas, Coleccin de documentos relativos a la
historia del Paraguay. Published in the Revista del
Paraguay but with separate pagination.
BHC
Bez, Cecilio, Historia colonial del Paraguay y Ro de la
Plata. Asuncin, Imp. Zamphirpolos & Cia., 1926.
BIG
Boletn del Instituto Geogrfico Argentino. Buenos Aires,
1879-1918 (Vols. 1-25), 1926-1930 (Nos. 1-12).
CAH
Calvo, Charles, Annales historiques de la Rvolution de
l'Amrique Latine, accompagnes de documents l'appui.
Paris, Bailly-Baillire, 1864. 4 vols.
CAP
Chvez S., Medardo, Los adelantados del Ro de la Plata.
La Paz, Casa Ed. Renacimiento, 1929.
CCC
Calvo, Carlos, Coleccin histrica completa de los tratados,
convenciones, capitulaciones, armisticios y otros actos
diplomticos y polticos de todos los estados de la Amrica
Latina.... Paris-Madrid, 1864. 4 vols.
CLB
Cuestin de Lmites con Bolivia. Negociaciones
diplomticas 1915-1917. Ministerio de relaciones
exteriores. Asuncin, 1917. 3 vols.
CPL
Crcano, Ramn J., Primeras luchas entre la iglesia y el
estado en la gobernacin del Tucumn, siglo XVI. Junta de
historia y numismtica, Biblioteca de historia argentina y
americana, IV. Buenos Aires, El Ateneo, 1929.
CVC
Cabeza de Vaca, lvar Nez, Relacin de los naufragios y
Comentarios. Edicin Surez, Madrid, 1906. 2 vols. in
Coleccin de libros y documentos referentes a la historia
de Amrica, Vols. V and VI.
DAR
Domnguez, Manuel, El alma de la raza. Biblioteca
paraguaya del centro, Estudiantes de derecho. Asuncin,
Casa Ed. de Cndido Zamphirpolos, 1918.
ECP
Exposicin de la causa del Paraguay en su conflicto con
Bolivia. Presentada a la XV asamblea de la Sociedad de
Naciones reunida en setiembre de 1934. Ministerio de
relaciones exteriores y culto de la Repblica del Paraguay.
Asuncin, Imp. nacional, 1934.
FCR
Frabaschi, Roberto O., La comisin regia espaola al Ro
de la Plata, 1820-1821. Publicaciones del Instituto de
Investigaciones Histricas No. LXXXIX. Buenos Aires,
Peuser, S. A., 1945.
GAB
Groussac, Pablo (Director), Anales de la Biblioteca.
Publicacin de documentos relativos al Ro de la Plata.
Repblica Argentina. Buenos Aires, Coni Hnos., 1900-.
Vols. 1-.
GAD
Ganda, Enrique de, Antecedentes diplomticos de las
expediciones de Juan Daz de Sols, Sebastin Caboto, y
Don Pedro de Mendoza. Buenos Aires, Cabaut y Cia.,
1935.
GE
Gaceta Extraordinario [Gazeta de Buenos Aires], June 7,
1810 to March 20, 1812, Buenos Aires, April 1, 1811.
GFA
Ganda, Enrique de, Don Francisco de Alfaro y la condicin
social de los indios; Ro de la Plata, Paraguay, Tucumn, y
Per, siglos XVI y XVII. Buenos Aires, Lib. El Ateneo,
1939.
GHP
Guevara, Jos, Historia de la Conquista del Paraguay, Ro
de la Plata, y Tucumn hasta fines del Siglo XVI. Primer
tomo. Buenos Aires, Ed. S. Ostwald, 1891.
GHR
Ganda, Enrique de, Historia de los piratas en el Ro de la
Plata. Buenos Aires, Lib. Cervantes, 1936.
GPC
Ganda, Enrique de, El primer clrigo y el primer obispo del
Ro de la Plata. Buenos Aires, Garca Santos, 1934.
GPR
Daz de Guzmn, Ruy, Argentina. Historia del
descubrimiento conquista y poblacin del Ro de la Plata.
Buenos Aires, Imp. de Mayo, 1882.
GTJS
Ganda, Enrique de, El testamento de Juan de Salazar in
Los primeros italianos en el Ro de la Plata y otros estudios
histricos. Buenos Aires, Lib. A. Garca Santos, 1932.
HEJ
Hernndez, Pablo, El extraamiento de los Jesutas del Ro
de la Plata y de las misiones del Paraguay por decreto de
Carlos III. Coleccin de libros y documentos referentes la
Historia de Amrica. Tomo VII. Madrid, Lib. General de
Victoriano Surez, 1908.
IAT
Ichaso, Telmo, Antecedentes del tratado de lmites
celebrado con la repblica del Paraguay, por el enviado
JRGI
Jimnez de la Espada, Marcos (Ed.), Relaciones
geogrficas de Indias. Madrid, 1881-1897. 4 vols.
LBA
Levillier, Roberto (Ed.), Correspondencia de la ciudad de
Buenos Aires con los reyes de Espaa. Documentos del
Archivo de Indias. Madrid, 1915-1918. 3 vols.
LCC
Levillier, Roberto (Ed.), La Audiencia de Charcas.
Correspondencia de Presidentes y oidores. Documentos
del Archivo de Indias. Madrid, 1918-1922. 3 vols.
LGP
Levillier, Roberto (Ed.), Los gobernantes del Per. Cartas y
Papeles. Siglo XVI. Documentos del Archivo de Indias.
Madrid, 1921-1926. 14 vols.
LGT
Levillier, Roberto (Ed.), Gobernacin del Tucumn. Papeles
de Gobernadores en el siglo XVI. Documentos del Archivo
de Indias. Coleccin de Publicaciones histricas de la
Biblioteca del Congreso argentino. Madrid, 1920. 2 vols.
LHC
Lozano, Pedro, Historia de la conquista del Paraguay, Ro
de la Plata, y Tucumn. Vols. 1-5 in Coleccin de obras y
documentos y noticias inditos o poco conocidos para
servir a la historia fsica poltica y literaria del Ro de la
Plata. Buenos Aires, Imp. Popular, 1874.
LMI
Lafuente Machan, Ricardo de, El gobernador Domingo
Martnez de Irala. Buenos Aires, Lib. y Editorial La
Facultad, Bernab y Ca., 1939.
LNC
Levillier, Roberto (Ed.), Nueva Crnica de la conquista del
Tucumn, documentada en los archivos de Sevilla y en los
XXIV volmenes de publicaciones histricas de la
Biblioteca del Congreso argentino. Buenos Aires, Editorial
Nosotros, 1926-1927. 3 vols.
LPE
Levillier, Roberto (Ed.), Papeles eclesisticos del Tucumn.
Documentos originales del Archivo de Indias. Madrid, Imp.
LRG
La Torre, Germn (Ed.), Relaciones geogrficas de Indias
(contenidas en el Archivo General de Indias en Sevilla) La
Hispano-Amrica del Siglo XVI. Publicaciones del Centro
oficial de Estudios americanistas de Sevilla, Biblioteca
colonial americana III, Seville, 1919.
LTP
Levillier, Roberto (Ed.), Gobernacin del Tucumn.
Probanzas de mritos y servicios a los conquistadores.
Documentos del Archivo de Indias. Madrid, 1919-1920. 2
vols.
MA
Muja, Ricardo, Exposicin de los ttulos que consagran el
derecho territorial de Bolivia sobre la zona comprendida
entre los ros Pilcomayo y Paraguay. Edicin oficial.
Anexos. La Paz, 1914. 5 vols.
MAR
Muja, Ricardo, Bolivia-Paraguay. Anotaciones a la
Replica del Sr.... Fulgencio R. Moreno... por el doctor D.
Ricardo Muja. [La Paz?], 1916.
MBP
Muja, Ricardo, Exposicin de los ttulos que consagran el
derecho territorial de Bolivia sobre la zona comprendida
entre los ros Pilcomayo y Paraguay. Edicin oficial. La
Paz, 1914. 3 vols.
MEP
Moreno, Fulgencio, Estudio sobre la independencia del
Paraguay. Asuncin, Kraus, 1911.
MET
Moreno, Fulgencio, La extensin territorial del Paraguay al
occidente de su ro. Breve exposicin de los ttulos
paraguayos. 2a Ed. Asuncin, Imp. nacional, 1933.
MPH
Madero, Eduardo, Historia del Puerto de Buenos Aires.
Tomo Primero. Buenos Aires, Imp. de la Nacin, 1902.
MJL
Maurtua, Vctor M., Juicio de lmites entre el Per y Bolivia.
Prueba Peruana presentada al gobierno de la Repblica
Argentina por Vctor M. Maurtua. Barcelona, Imp. Henrich y
Comp., 1906. 12 vols.
MLB
Matienzo, Agustn, Lmites entre Bolivia y la Repblica
Argentina. Buenos Aires, Imp. de el Nacional, 1872.
MMA
Museo Mitre, Archivo Colonial. Buenos Aires, Imp.
Rodrguez Giles, 1914-1915. 2 vols.
MMC
Museo Mitre, Contribucin documental para la historia del
Ro de la Plata. Buenos Aires, Imp. Coni Hnos., 1913. 6
vols.
MVE.
Morla Vicua, Carlos, Estudio histrico sobre el
descubrimiento y conquista de la Patagonia y de la Tierra
del Fuego. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1903.
PC
Pacheco, Joaqun F. and Francisco de Crdenas,
Coleccin de documentos inditos relativos al
descubrimiento, conquista, y organizacin de las antiguas
posesiones espaolas de Amrica y Oceania sacados de
los archivos del reino y muy especialmente del de Indias.
Madrid, 1864-1884. 42 vols.
PFC
Pea, Enrique; Don Francisco de Cspedes; noticias sobre
su gobierno en el Ro de la Plata (1624-1632). Anales de la
Academia de filosofa y letras, t. v. Buenos Aires, Imp. Coni
Hnos., 1916.
QPT
Quesada, Vicente G., La Patagonia y las tierras australes
del continente americano. Buenos Aires, 1875.
RBA
Revista de Buenos Aires; historia americana, literatura,
derechos y variedades. Publicacin bajo la direccin de
Vicente G. Quesada y Miguel Navarro Viola. Buenos Aires,
Imp. de Mayo, 1863-1871. 24 vols.
RBBA
Revista de la Biblioteca pblica de Buenos Aires, fundada
bajo la proteccin del gobierno de la provincia por Manuel
Ricardo Trelles. Buenos Aires, Imp. de Mayo, 1879- v. 1-.
RIP
Revista del Instituto Paraguayo. Publicacin mensual.
RP
La Revista Paraguaya. ao 1-2, 1925-1926. Asuncin,
1925-1926.
SFH
Surez de Figueroa, Cristbal, Hechos de Don Garca
Hurtado de Mendoza, Cuarto Marqus de Caete, in
Coleccin de historiadores de Chile y documentos
relativos a la historia nacional. Tomo V. Santiago, Imp. del
Ferrocarril, 1864.
SML
Sarabia, Belisario, Memoria sobre los lmites entre la
Repblica Argentina y el Paraguay. Buenos Aires, Imp. del
Comercio del Plata, 1867.
SVP
Schmidel, Ulrich, Viaje al Ro de la Plata (1534-1554),
Biblioteca de la Junta de Historia y Numismtica
Americana. T.l. Buenos Aires, Cabaut y Cia, 1903.
TAM
Trelles, Manuel Ricardo, Anexos a la memoria sobre
cuestin de lmites entre la repblica argentina y el
Paraguay. Buenos Aires, Imp. del Comercio del Plata,
1867.
TEC
Torre Revello, Jos, Esteco y Concepcin del Bermejo.
Publicaciones del Instituto de Investigaciones histricas,
No. LXXXV. Buenos Aires, 1943. Torquemada, Juan de,
Tercera parte de los veinte y vn libros rituales i monarchia
Indiana, con el origen y guerras de las Indias Occidentales,
de sus poblaciones, descubrimiento, conquista, conuersion
y otras cosas [UNK] de la mesma tierra distribuydos en tres
tomos. Madrid, 1723. 3 vols.
[UNK]
[Wisner, Enrique], El dictador del Paraguay Dr. Jos
Gaspar Rodrguez de Francia. Concordia (E. Ros), 1923.
[UNK]
Zinny, Antonio, Historia de los gobernadores de las
provincias Argentinas desde 1810 hasta la fecha. Imp. de
Mayo, 1879-1882. 3 vols.
ZGP
Zinny, Antonio, Historia de los gobernantes del Paraguay
Calendar
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[MG 1 Hurtado de Mendoza, Lope. Pedimiento y
729] Requerimiento del embaxador Lope Hurtado de Mendoza
al Rey de Portugal en nombre del rey de Castilla,
Lisbon[?], May 27, 1531. 5 l. 16 22 cm. Modern copy
from AGI Patronato 1-1-1/28 No. 17.
Request that Portuguese abstain from trespassing in
region discovered and explored by Sols, Diego Garca,
and Sebastin Cabot; protest against expedition of Martn
Alfonso de Sosa to Ro de la Plata; Ro de Sols; Ro
Paraguay; Ro Paran.
Printed: BG I, Doc.xxii, 198-200; GAD 142-144; MMA I,
156-158.
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[MG 2 Ayolas, Juan de. Sobre la atarazana de Sevilla
748] concedida a Don Pedro de Mendoza para Martn de Orue,
fator. Seville, August 7, 1535. 8 l. 17 22.5 cm. Modern
copy from AGI Pto. 1-1-1/28 No 59.
Petition for erection of arsenal and warehouse in Seville
for two years for Pedro de Mendoza expedition; Jorge de
Portugal (Conde de Gelves); Juan de Baena; Juan de
Smano; Domingo de Irala; Iigo Lpez; Cristbal
Rodrguez; Andrs Cuadrado. Includes cedulas of
September 28, 1534 and July 19, 1535.
Printed: BG I, Doc. iv, 7-10.
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[MG 3 Acosta, Gregorio de. Relacion breve en el rrio de la
747] plata fecha por gregorio de acosta para su magestad e
para su Real Consejo de Indias. 1535-1570. 20 l. 17
22.5 cm. Modern copy from AGI Pto. 2-2-1/6 No. 12.
Misrule and anarchy in Asuncin; trouble with bishop;
relations with Portuguese in San Vicente; covers years
1535-1570; town of Piquer; richness of the land; mineral
resources; sugar mill in San Vicente; treatment of the
Portuguese; government of Cabeza de Vaca; Ayolas;
Irala; Gonzalo de Mendoza; Francisco de Vergara; Juan
Ortiz de Zrate; Felipe de Cceres; Juan Ortega; Fray
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[MG 50 Trinidad, Antonio de la. [Carta a Su Majestad]
726b] haziendole saber lo que aca se ha hecho y haze.
Asuncin, July 2, 1556. 10 l. 17 23 cm. f. 9-18v. Modern
copy from AGI 1-1-2/29, No. 8.
Conditions in colony; reports of Francisco Palomino;
complaint against encomiendas and repartimientos given
to English, French, Portuguese, Genoese; trouble caused
by refugees from Lic. de la Gasca; arrival of Fulano Farina
from San Vicente; sale of Orocotoquie Indians; recognition
of Nufrio de Chaves; Alonso Agudo de Loxa; Juan
Salmern de Heredia de Alhama; Pedro de Vergara de
Fontaleche; Diego Tllez de Brinega; Juan Estacio; Juan
de Castro; Diego Dias; Yapur Indians.
Printed: BG I, Doc. xxiv, 227-230.
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[MG 51 Garca de Hermosilla, Juan. [Peticin ante su
726a] Majestad.] 1556? 8 l. 17 23 cm. f. 1-8. Modern copy
from AGI 1-1-2/29, No. 8.
Centralization of ports and warehouses of America in
Honduras for communication with Spain; contract with
Jaime Rasqun; Ro de la Plata; San Lcar de Barrameda;
Antonio de Eguino; Antonio de Rivera; Lic. Viviesca;
protest against encomienda system.
Printed: BG I, Doc. xxiv, 224-226.
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[MG 52 Salmern de Heredia, Juan. [Peticin] en nombre de
725a] los conquistadores viejos para la buena governacin
Reparo y provecho de las provincias del Rio de la Plata.
1556? 10 l. 17 23 cm. f. 1-10v. Modern copy from AGI
74-4-25.
Outrages committed by Spaniards and Indians; work of
Fray Armenta; need of Spanish settlements at Los Patos
and San Francisco on coast of Brazil; need for port to help
trade between Paraguay and Charcas; division of land
and size repartimientos; excommunication for non-
payment of tihtes; collection of almojarifazgo; discovery of
pearls, silver, and copper near San Gabriel; bad
government of Irala; complaints of lack of port in lower
river; Ro de la Plata; San Gabriel; Ro de San Lzaro;
Ro Grande; ports used by Sebastin Caboto; Fray
Armenta on Island of Santa Catalina; Bay of Los Patos;
Doa Mencia Caldern; slaving expeditions of the
Portuguese; Port of San Francisco; Straits of Magellan;
asiento of Caboto with Timb Indians; dangers at Nombre
de Dios; water route to Tucumn; refugee partisans of
Pizarro; comparison with Per and Province of the Jures;
Bishop Pedro de la Torre; comparison with Cuba and
Jamaica; notary Bartolom Gonzlez; Licenciado
Eremato.
Printed: BG I, Doc. xxiv, 232-238; MMA II, Doc. lxxix, 222-
227.
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[MG 53 Martnez de Irala, Domingo de. Relacion vrebe con
1125] parescer de Domingo de Irala Gobernador de la probincia
del Rio dela Plata por su mag. para el Yllmo. seor
marques de mondejar del Consejo de su mag. e su
presidente en el Consejo de las Yndias. 1556? 22 l. 17
23 cm. Modern copy from AGI 2-2-3/8, No. 22.
Settlement on San Gabriel Island; encouragement of
settlers in los Charcas, Tucumn, and Chile; effort to
settle Island of San Francisco by Hernando de Trejo;
armada of Diego de Sanabria; difficulties with Tups;
settlements of Portuguese on Island of San Vicente;
quarrel with Portuguese; Ro de Imbiaza; Captain (Juan
de) Salazar; Indian refugees from the Portuguese;
Portuguese slave hunting on Ro de la Plata; Francisco de
Mendoza's expedition to the Timb Indians; fishing in the
Aracuay River; Ro de Ipet; Cario and Guatata Indians;
expedition of Chaves to Per and description of
intervening land; treatment of the Tup and Nuguaro
Indians; expedition to the Gorocotoqui Indians; Port of
San Fernando; Mbay Indians; Province of Ytatn;
Maestre Arcios (Jesuit); Manuel de Nobrega; cannibalism;
use of sugar mills; Los Jarayes Indians; expedition to Los
Reyes by order of Cabeza de Vaca; Fray Pedro de la
Torre.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lxxxii, 26-34; LMI App. V, 535-546:
MMA II, 192-201.
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[MG 54 MEMORIAL DE LAS COSAS QUE HAN SUCEDIDO
725m] DESPUES QUE CAVEZA DE VACA FUE TRAIDO DE
LAS PROVINCIAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA. 1556? 16 l.
17 23 cm. f. 77-93. Modern copy from AGI 74-4-25.
Expeditions to capture Indian women; Nufrio de Chaves'
efforts to find road to Mbay Indians; rebellion of
conquistadores over division of land; revolt of Diego de
brego and death of Francisco Mendoza; administration
of Irala; mission of lvaro de Chaves (interpreter) and
Moreno (?); letters sent with Alonso de Escobar; route of
Juan de Ayolas; mission of Nufrio de Chaves, Garca
Rodrguez, and racionero Juan Gabriel de Lescano;
dissension of Felipe de Cceres; trip to Buenos Aires;
election of Pedro de Mendoza; mistreatment of Indians;
Port of San Fernando; election of Diego brego; arrest of
brego and Ruy Daz Melgarejo; reward of Captain
Camargo and Miguel de Rutia (Urrutia?); crimes of Martn
Surez and Juan de Castro; miraculous intervention in
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[MG 126 Medina Avellaneda, Juan. Informacin y carta a S. M.
1773] Los Reyes, January 21, 1570. 9 l. 1723 cm. Modern
copy from AGI Pto. 1-5-29/13.
Nufrio de Chaves; Andrs Manso; Conde de Nieva; los
Mojos fleet of Bartolom Melndez; testimony of Luis
Fernndez de Crdoba, Pedro de Crdoba, Gmez de
Chaves, Pedro Puertocarrero, Lorenzo de vila Carvajal,
and Bartolom Piol; expedition to Los Mojos. Contains
also auto of the Audiencia de los Reyes, May 8, 1572,
signed: Snchez Paredes, Lic. Monzn, and Lic. Juan
lvaro on personal risks run by Medina as courier from
Peru to Spain.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lv, 567-570; MA I, 121-125 (folios 1-
6v), 119-120 (folios 8-9).
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[MG 127 Toledo, Francisco de. Relacin de una carta del
1776] Virrey del Per sobre la guerra contra los Chiriguanaes.
Los Reyes? February 8, 1570. 1 l. 1723 cm. Modern
copy from AGI 70-1-28. Incomplete.
Printed: BG I, Doc. Iviii, 572.
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[MG 128 _____. Carta del Virrey del Peru [solicitando que en
1775] vez der hacer la guerra a los chiriguanos se les conquiste
por medio de reducciones.] Los Reyes? February 8, 1570.
1 l. 1723 cm. Modern copy from AGI 70-1-28.
Incomplete.
Death of Nufrio de Chaves; Lic. Castro.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lvii, 572; LGP III, 401.
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[MG 129 _____. Carta del Virrey del Per... sobre el soldado
1774] Francisco Aguirre. Los Reyes? February 8, 1570. 2 l.
1723 cm. Modern copy from AGI 70-1-28.
Imprisonment of Aguirre; return to province; arrival of
Diego Pacheco; report of Juan Prez de Cato; marriage
with daughter of Oidor Matienzo; sentence by Inquisition.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lvi, 571; LGP III, 371-2 (printed as par.
47 of the complete letter).
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[MG 130 Felipe II. Real Cdula [sobre los lmites de la
1464] provincia de Nuevo Toledo o Per.] Sevilla, May 11, 1570.
3 l. 1723 cm. Modern copy from AGI 120-4-4-Lo. 1[UNK]
Fo. 200v.
Mention of Garca de Loaisa, Juan de Smano, Cristbal
Vaca de Castro, Francisco Pizarro, Diego de Almagro;
signed Francisco de Eraso.
Printed: PC XVIII, 88-92, less the cdula of October 26,
1541.
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[MG 131 Centenera, Martin de. Razn delas personas que al
739d] presente hay en esta corte para yr al Rio dela Plata.
1570? 5 l. 1723 cm. f. 14-18. Modern copy from AGI Pto.
2-2-5/10, No. 27.
List of captains, soldiers, and their families; Francisco del
Pueyo de Alfaro, Bernardo de Sotomayor, Antonio de
Arbear, Pedro Ruiz de Aguilera, Alonso Ortiz de
Valladolid, Antonio Godnez de Medina, Alonso Gmez,
Hernn Prez, Gabriel Hernndez de Miranda, Alonso
Arebo, Hernndez de vila, Miguel Altamirano, Francisco
Ballestero, Joan de Vela, Joan Aguado, Francisco de
Vargas de Sanabria, Nicols Correa de Sanabria, Pablos
de Santiago, Francisco Tllez, Fernando de Rivera, Joan
Alonso de Quiros, Rodrigo Gmez, Joan Andrs de
Mendoza, Lorenzo de Salas, Salazar de Lorea, Hernando
de Montalvo, Alonso Alvarado, Martn de Centeno,
Bachiller Cabaas de Hinojosa.
Printed: BG I, Doc. x, 105-107.
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[MG 132 Pacheco, Diego. [Carta dando noticias de las
1663] ciudades de Santiago del Estero, San Miguel de Tucumn
y Nuestra Seora de Talavera.] 1570? 5 l. 1723 cm.
Modern copy from AGI 145-7-7-A.
Ro Bermejo; Province of Tucumn, Juries, Diaguitas;
Trapalanda; Santiago del Estero; Juan Prez de Zorita;
Xibixibe (Indian name for Valle de Jujuy); Cordillera del
Esteco; Ro de Siancas (Ro Grande?); Juan de Ciancas;
expedition of Juan Gregorio Bazn; language differences;
location of San Miguel de Tucumn; Nuestra Seora de
Talavera; communication with Ro de la Plata and Chile;
Straits of Magellan; grant to Juan Prez de Zorita;
navigation of the Ro Bermejo.
Printed: JRGI II, 137-139; LRG 140-141 (without map).
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[MG 133 Toledo, Francisco de. Carta del Virrey del Per sobre
1778] materia de guerra [a los chiriguanos.] March 25, 1571. 3 l.
1723 cm. Modern copy from AGI 70-1-28. Incomplete.
Attacks on Potos, [UNK], Tucumn, and Santa Cruz;
death of Hermando Daz del Callado; danger to La Plata;
Porco; Tarija; Sierra de Montupe; thods of defense.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lx, 573-575; LGP III, 451-452 (printed
as par. 2 of complete letter).
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[MG 134 _____. Carta del Virrey del Per [sobre
1777] inconvenientes de la falta de demarcacin de la
gobernacin de Almagro y de Pizarro.] Los Reyes? March
18. Fragment.
Belligerence of Chiriguanos; propagation of the faith;
hazards in travel.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lxviii, 604-605.
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[MG 150 Felipe II. Licencia al Adelantado Juan Ortiz de arate
510c] para leuantar quinientos hombres para Ileuar a las
prouincias del Rio de la Plata en ciertos pueblos de
andalucia y extremadura. Madrid, June 16, 1572. 3 p. 22
32 cm. p. 15-18. Typewritten from unidentified source.
Signed Martn de Gaztelu.
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[MG 151 Ortiz de Zrate, Juan. Varios testimonios de las
515k] diligencias que se verificaron [relativas a la embarcacin
de la compaa de Juan Ortiz de Zrate de San Lcar.]
August-September, 1572. 2 p. 21.5 32 cm. p. 54-55.
Typewritten copy from AGI 1-1-2/29.
Alonso Fernndez de Carmana; Santiago de Zurita; Pedro
Caballero; Gmez de Molina; Francisco del Pueyo;
Antonio Zurita; Francisco del Poyo; Fernando de Alarcn;
Luis de Len; Cristbal de Yepes.
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[MG 152 _____. Nombramiento del adelantado Juan Ortiz de
515g] arate para dicho cargo despues de sus dias a doa
juana de arate su hija. Sevilla, December 31, 1572. 14 p.
21.5 32 cm. p. 16-29. Typewritten copy from AGI 1-1-
2/29.
Defense of Ortiz de Zrate's right to name successor.
Includes copy of capitulation between Philip II and Ortiz
de Zrate drawn up at Balsa, June 1, 1570; San Lcar;
Par. Parcr; Pedro de Mendoza; Cabeza de Vaca; Irala;
Captain Serpa; Domingo de Silva; Jaime Rasqun; Port of
San Francisco; Viaza (Puerto de los Patos); San Gabriel;
Sancti Spiritus; Guair (Villa de Ontiveros); Straits of
Magellan; Cdiz. Signed by Francisco de Eraso. Copy
certified by Gmez Zapata, Lic. Salazar, Lic. Bostello
Maldonado, Lic. Otalora, Ochoa de Aguirre, Martn de
Ramo, registered in Casa de Contratacin November 27,
1571 by Francisco Duarte, Ortega de Melgosa and Juan
Gutirrez Tello.
Printed: QPT 66-67 (folios 17-18 only); AEZ I, 158-161
(English translation of contract only); GAB X, Doc. ix, 37-
44 (contract only).
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[MG 153 Toledo, Francisco de. Carta del Virrey Toledo a S. M.
1782] [sobre la entrada del Lic. Castro que di a Juan lvarez
Maldonado por los Mojos para el Paitite (Parapit?) y
dorado.] 1572. 6 l. 17 23 cm. Modern copy from AGI 70-
1-18. Incomplete.
Expedition to Province of Vilcabamba; loss of soldiers;
fight with Chiriguanos near Tucumn and Santa Cruz;
Jornada de los Ingas; arrival of Pedro de Silva; remnants
of Inca empire.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lxiv, 583-586; LGP IV, 456-458.
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[MG 154 Santa Fe, Cabildo de. [Auto de obediencia a una
883g] provisin y capitulacin real en favor del adelantado Juan
Ortiz de Zrate y su lugarteniente el capitan Juan de
Garay.] March 12, 1573 (?). 3 l. 17 23 cm. f. 138v-140.
Modern copy from AGI 1-6-47/10, No. 6.
Signed: Captain Francisco de Sierra, Cristbal de
Arvalo, Juan de Salazar, and Diego de Leiva.
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[MG 155 Matienzo, Pedro de. Parecer del Licenciado Matieno
504] Oydor de la Real Audiencia de la Plata acerca de lo delos
Chiriguanaes. La Plata, March 16, 1573. 10 p. 22 32
cm. Typewritten copy from AGI 2-4-1-13.
Suggestions concerning way to make war on the
Chiriguanos.
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[MG 156 Surez de Toledo, Martn. Mandamiento [para la
738b] fundacin y poblacin de San Salvador.] Asuncin, March
29, 1573. 5 l. 17 23 cm. f. 3v-7. Modern copy from AGI
74-4-27-B.
Orders to Pedro Dorantes, Adame de la Olaberriaga, and
Gernimo de Ochoa Eyzaguirre; Juan de Garay, leader of
expedition against Indians; Luis Mrquez; Juan de Sama;
Martn Duria; shipbuilding; Benito de Morales; Juan
Fernndez; Diego de la Torre.
Printed: BG I, Doc. xii, 117-119; GAB X, Doc. x, 44-46.
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[MG 157 _____. [Ttulo de comision a Juan de Garay para
883e] poblar en el puerto de San Salvador, Ro de San Juan, o
San Gabriel, donde ms le conviniese.] Asuncin. April 3,
1573. 11 l. 17 23 cm. f. 122v-132. Modern copy from
AGI 1-6-47/10, No. 6.
Order to build ship to report to Spain; founding of Puerto
San Salvador; Ro de San Juan; Ro San Gabriel; Ro
Paran; notarized by Lus Mrquez; authority of Juan
Ortiz de Zrate; witnesses Ruy Daz Melgarejo, Bartolom
Gonzlez, Francisco de Escobar.
Printed: GAB X, Doc. xi, 47-51.
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[MG 158 Dorantes, Pedro. Carta de Pedro Dorantes, al
738g] Consejo de Yndias, refiriendo minuciosamente los
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[MG 202 Zrate, Gaspar de. Lo que pide en el Consejo el
510e] Licenciado Torres de vera. October 21, 1578. 4 p. 22 32
cm. p. 18-21. Typewritten copy from unnamed source.
AGI?
Explanation of illegal marriage of Juana de Zrate with
Torres de Vera. Signed also Lic. Pereira.
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[MG 203 Fuentes, Luis de. Ordenanzas de la villa de San
919] Bernardo de la frontera [en el valle de Tarija.] c. 1578. 10
l. 17 23 cm. Modern copy.
Issued by Fuentes at time of founding town.
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[MG 204 Zrate, Gaspar de. [Pedimiento en favor de Juan
515h] Torres de Vera.] Madrid, March 31, 1579. 5 p. 21.5 32
cm. p. 30-34. Typewritten copy from AGI 1-1-2/29.
Services of Ortiz de Zrate; Validity of appointment of
Torres de Vera; qualifications of the latter; opinion of fiscal
appended.
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[MG 205 Torres de Vera, Juan. [Denegacin de la peticin de
515b] Juan Torres de Vera.] Madrid, May 20, 1579. 3 p. 21.5
32 cm. p. 5-7. Typewritten copy from AGI 1-1-2/29.
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[MG 206 Zrate, Gaspar de. [Peticin a S. M. que no se haga
515c] novedad en lo tocante a la gobernacin de la provincia del
Ro de la Plata.] Madrid, June 5, 1579. 1 p. 21.5 32 cm.
p. 8. Typewritten copy from AGI 1-1-2/29.
Petition of Juan Torres de Vera.
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[MG 207 Torres de Vera, Juan. [Peticin a S. M. para la
515a] gobernacin de las provincias del Ro de la Plata.] Madrid,
June 12, 1579. 3 p. 21.5 32 cm. p. 3-5. Typewritten copy
from AGI 1-1-2/29.
Marginal note: lo que agora pide sea por la segunda
peticion.
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[MG 208 Zrate, Gaspar de. [Peticin a S. M. para la
515d] gobernacin de las provincias del Ro de la Plata.] Madrid,
August 12, 1579. 4 p. 21.5 32 cm. p. 9-12. Typewritten
copy from AGI 1-1-2/29.
Claims of Juan Torres de Vera.
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[MG 209 CONSEJO DE INDIAS. [Rplica del fiscal a la
515e] peticin de Gaspar de Zrate.] Madrid, August 19, 1579. 2
l. 21.5 32 cm. p. 12-13. Typewritten copy from AGI 1-1-
2/29.
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[MG 219 DESCRIPCION DEL RIO DELA PLATA. Asuncin,
744] 1580? 14 l. 17 23 cm. Modern copy from AGI Pto. 1-1-
1/28, No. 61.
Summary history of Ro de la Plata region from time of
Sols through Ortiz de Zrate; emphasis on economic
aspects, including transportation; customs of Guarans
and Chiriguanos; their war with the Incas; voyage of
Cabot; founding of Sancti Spiritus (Fortaleza de Gaboto);
El Dorado sought by Portuguese; safety from French and
pirates; navigability of river to Asuncin; Ro Sols; Port
San Salvador; Cabo San Agustn (Brazil); Pernambuco;
San Lcar de Barrameda; Santa Catalina Island; Puerto
San Gabriel; Chile; Santiago del Estero; Cuzco;
Chuquisaca; Province of Duarte; Sebastin Caboto; Diego
Garca; Pedro de Mendoza; Juan Ortiz de Zrate; Jaraye
Indians.
Printed: BG I, Doc. vi, 38-43.
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[MG 220 Pantoja, Diego. Carta a S. M. [informando sobre
1797] ciertos sucesos de la Provincia del Per.] La Plata,
January 31, 1581. 19 l. 17 23 cm. Modern copy from
AGI Pto. 74-4-26-A.
Mountains of Peru; need for honest officials; appearance
of English ship in Straits of Magellan; investigation by
Captain Pedro(?) Sarmiento; discontent among social
classe; Lutheran heresy among mestizos and Indians in
Peru; ferocity of Chiriguanos; conversion of Indians; need
for fortification of Chile; Diego de Almagro; tyranny of
Gonzalo Pizarro; Francisco Hernndez; increase in
number of mulatos; weapons manufactured among the
Chiriguanos; expedition with Diego de Rojas and Felipe
Gutirrez by order of Lic. Vaca de Castro; Pedro de
Mendoza; need for religious teaching.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lxxix, 709-716.
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[MG 221 _____. Puntos de una carta que escriuio al Rey
1796] nuestro seor. La Plata, January 31, 1581. 7 l. 17 23
cm. Modern copy from AGI 74-4-26.
Provincial roads; distances between towns; voyage of
English through Straits of Magellan; need for fortification
of Chile; Lutheran heresy among mestizos and Indians in
Peru; ferocity of Chiriguanos; injustice of Castro; need of
reforms in personnel of Audiencias; failure to comply with
cdulas; mining of gold, silver, mercury; need for settling
Ro de la Plata area.
Printed: BG I, Doc. lxxviii, 707-709.
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Cruz de la Sierra.
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[MG 271 _____. Cdula real [al Presidente y oidores de la
964] Audiencia de la Plata de las provincias de los Charcas
para que se enve razn al Consejo de las villas en el
distrito de la Plata.] San Lorenzo, August 3, 1589. 2 l. 17
23 cm. Modern copy from Biblioteca Nacional I 54 fol.
67v.
Printed: PC XVIII, 205-206.
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[MG 272 Vera y Aragn, Alonso de. [Relacin de la extrema
1788d] necesidad en que queda la ciudad de Vera por haber
muerto los enemigos treinta y tres hombres.] Asuncin,
November 27, 1589. 3 l. 17 23 cm. f. 10v-12v. Modern
copy from AGI 1-6-47-10, No. 6.
Order for Hernandarias de Saavedra to lead relief
expedition to Vera. Signed Juan Cantoro, notary.
Printed: BG I, Doc. 1xx, 625-626.
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[MG 273 Fuentes de Vargas, Luis de. Carta... al Rey pidiendo
1830] merced por sus servicios. San Bernardo de Tarija,
January 20, 1590. 5 l. 17 23 cm. Modern copy from AGI
Pto. 2-2-7/12, No. 10.
Chiriguano war; settlement near Tarija.
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[MG 274 CHARCAS, AUDIENCIA DE. Carta... a S. M. pidiendo
1836] merced para el capitan Alonso de Paredes. La Plata,
February 8, 1590. 5 l. 17 23 cm. Modern copy from AGI
Pto. 1-6-43/6, No. 2, L. 7.
Paredes' services with Francisco de Toledo; Chiriguano
war; campaign with Lorenzo Surez de Figueroa; safety of
the roads.
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[MG 275 Felipe II. Real cdula [a Garca de Mendoza, virrey
1450e] del Per que vea lo que escribe el Presidente de los
Charcas sobre poblaciones que convendra hacer entre
los Chiriguanos y el camino de Santa Cruz de la Sierra.]
Madrid, March 20, 1590. 6 l. 17 23 cm. f. 9v-14. Modern
copy from AGI 120-4-1.
Indian ravages in Santa Cruz and Tucumn; work of Juan
Ortiz de Zrate; letter of Lic. Cepeda; Paraje de Mizque;
Francisco de Toledo; Lorenzo Surez de Figueroa; Conde
de Villar; Carib Indians and Chiriguanos. Signed Andrs
de Alba.
Printed: SFH 186-188; MJL II, 183-185; MA II, 694-698.
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[MG 276 _____. Real Cdula [al Licenciado Cepeda
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[MG 296 Zrate, Hernando de. Relacion... a S. M. sobre
1799] nombramientos del Cap. Bartolome de Sandoval y de
Alonso de Vera y sobre la Real Hacienda. Buenos Aires,
May 24, 1594. 4 l. 17 23 cm. Modern copy from AGI 74-
6-21-B.
Dissatisfaction with Hernando de Montalvo.
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[MG 297 Lpez de Cepeda, Juan, and Garca Hurtado de
749i] Mendoza. [Nombramientos del capitn Gonzalo de Sols
Holgun para gobernador de la provincia de Santa Cruz
de la Sierra.] La Plata, September 11, 1595. 10 l. 17 23
cm. f. 306-316. Modern copy from AGI 74-4-37-A.
Copy of real cedula Madrid, February 15, 1567, signed
Francisco de Eraso, authorizing presidents of audiencias
to choose interim governors; death of Lorenzo Surez de
Figueroa. Signed: Juan de Losa. Copy by Gonzalo de
Alvarado. Witnesses Francisco de Carrin and Miguel
Mateos, June 16, 1599.
Printed: MA III, 129-134.
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[MG 298 Hurtado de Mendoza, Garca, Marqus de Caete.
749j] [Nombramiento del capitn Gonzalo de Sols Holgun para
gobernador de la provincia de Santa Cruz de la Sierra].
Los Reyes, November 3, 1595. 3 l. 17 23 cm. f. 314v-
319. Modern copy from AGI 74-4-37-A.
Death of L. Surez de Figueroa; appointments of Gonzalo
de Sols Holgun and Beltrn de Otaz y Guevara. Signed
lvaro Ruiz de Navamuel. Includes also presentation of
title before the Cabildo of San Lorenzo de la Frontera,
January 10, 1596, signed Pedro de Almaraz, Juan de
Coimbra, and Juan Gmez de Sols; recorded by Gonzalo
de Alvarado. Includes also certificacin, Santa Cruz, July
1, 1597, witnessed by Francisco de la Rocha, signed
Andrs de Laredo.
Printed: MA III, 134-137.
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[MG 299 SAN LORENZO EL REAL, CABILDO DE. Carta al E.
749z] S. don Luis de Velasco, Virrey, Gobernador y Capitn
General de estos reinos. July 22, 1596. 6 l. 17 23 cm. f.
495v-500. Modern copy from AGI 74-4-37-A.
Search for suitable site for removal of town; Gonzalo de
Sols Holgun recommended for governor. Signed: Antonio
de Cuyudo, Juan de Moya, Juan de Coimbra, Pedro de
Almaraz, Francisco Nez Durn, Juan Rodrguez, and
Alonso Prez.
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[MG 300 _____. Queja sobre la pobreza y otras
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