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Title Page
title page

2. The Invention of Printing

monastic scribe

johann gutenberg

the printshop of aldus manutius

commemoracio dels 500 anys . . .

3. The Spread of Reading

ariosto's orlando furioso

gift of books to ferdinand and isabella

schoolboys reading

the young cicero reading

4. Columbus's Letter

christopher columbus

columbus's signature

columbus's letter of 1493

engraved illustration printed with the letter

engraved illustration

5. Columbus and His Books

annotations by columbus

the book of the famous marco polo

annotations by columbus

book of travels

the buke of john mandevill

6. The Chivalric Romance

amadís de gaula

1632 edition of the chronicle of bernal díaz del castillo

enchanted things related in the book of amadís

7. Inspiration for Discoveries

the island of california

american amazon

the queen of california

don quixote

miguel de cervantes de saavedra

don quixote and sancho panza

8. Books, Missionaries & Humanism

loading a ship

unloading a ship

cromberger press

recognito summularum reverendi

doctrina breve muy provechosa

9. The Christian Humanists

desiderius erasmus

new testament

epigrammata

sir thomas more

cardinal francisco ximénez de cisneros

10. The Humanist Missionaries

fray juan de zumárraga

zumárraga's personal copy of sir thomas more's utopia

pedro de gante

rhetorica christiana

service in an open-air chapel

open-air chapel

11. The Exchange of Languages

nebrija's spanish-latin dictionary

book of sermons in the mexican language

christian doctrine in the mexican language

christian doctrine in the mexican language

vocabulary in the castilian and mexican language

12. The Diffusion Of New World Travel Literature

the décadas of peter martyr

amerigo vespucci

martin waldseemüller's world map of 1507

map of tenochtitlán,1538.

venice in 1480

13. A Geographical Survey

relaciones geográficas instructions, 1577

response to the questionnaire, 1578-1586

map of guaxtepec. relaciones geográficas, 1578-1586

map of cuzcatlan. relaciones geográficas, 1578-1586

14. The Explorers' Reports

hernan cortés

english translation of letters by cortés

the true relation of the conquest of peru

the relation and commentaries of the governor alvar nuñez cabeza de vaca

hans staden. wahrhaftige historia. marburg, 1557

jean de léry. history of a voyage. edition of 1585

15. Reports by Missionaries

bartolomé de las casas

the english american, or a new survey of the west indies

codex borbonicus

codex borgia

first edition of sahagún's general history of the things of new spain

manuscript page by fray toribio de benavente

16. European Writers

michel de montaigne

edmund spenser's the faerie queene

the tempest

shakespeare's acknowledged -american play-

17. Writers of the Spanish Golden Age

juan ruiz de alarcón y mendoza

alonso de ercilla y zuñiga, by el greco

la araucana

lope de vega carpio

the famous comedy of the new world

trilogy of the pizarros

18. American-born Writers

el inca garcilaso de la vega

general history of peru, 1617

the indian's translation of the three dialogues of love of leon hebreo from italian to spanish

the author inquires of the people

the accountant

the secretary

19. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

cloister

sor juana inés de la cruz

poems of the unique american poetess sister juana inés de la cruz

fame and posthumous works of the phoenix of mexico

redondillas

20. Sor Juana's Vow

book of professions

sor juana inés de la cruz