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Mudo lamento de la vastissima, y numerosa Gentilidad, que habita las dilatadas margenes del caudaloso Orinoco, su origen, y vertientes, à los piadosos oídos de la Magestad Catholica de las Españas, nuestro señor Don Phelipe Quinto (que Dios guarde).

TAPIA, Matías

1715

Detail from a manuscript codex shows "America" in focus within a Spanish text.

Redondez de la tierra, y de los Abitadores de ella

María de Jesús de Agreda

1600s

Detail of an engraved print shows children blowing bubbles in a grassy area. Items in the image are labeled and a portion of the key is visible.

Enseñar desde luego silabeando

Jose de Nava

1802

Detail of a printed book shows text in Spanish reading "Los oficios de secretario, Contador, tesorero" and so on.

Ereccion del consulado de Montevideo

1827

Detail of a printed book shows a circular illustration and text in Spanish.

Suma de geographia...

Martin Fernandez de Enciso

1546

Detail of an engraved city plan of Queretaro shows numbered blocks in the city layout.

Ordenanza que para la division de la m. noble y leal ciudad de Santiago de Queretaro en cuarteles menores, creacion de alcaldes de ellos, y reglas para su gobierno.

1796

Detail from a printed book shows text in Spanish including "Ensayo" at the top of the page.

Seminario del Nuevo Reyno de Granada

Francisco Jose de Caldas

1808

Detail of a printed map shows text in Spanish reading "La Puna" and other labels over landmarks.

Carta de la Provincia de Quito y sus Adjacentes

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

1750

Adventures in Cataloguing

Diario de las operaciones de la expedicion contra la Plaza de Panzacola...

February 24

Printed fold-out map shows topography of Colombia in great detail. Includes decorative cartouche, illustration of two naked people sitting facing each other, and scales.

200 Years of Colombian Independence

image of terrestrial sphere including Africa, Asia, and the Americas

Lecture on the African-European Encounter to Kick Off New JCB Initiative (and 75th Anniversary Meeting)

August 23

Lecture

Engaged Digital Scholarship: The Ticha Project and Zapotec language archival texts

Wednesday, March 27 at 4:00pm

Fellow's Talk

“unos a otros se ayuden”: Colonial Encounters with Maya Houses and Housebuilding

Wednesday, February 24 at 12:00pm

Lecture

¿Una Bíblia Políglota Mesoamericana del siglo XVI? Las Epístolas y Evangelios en p'urhepecha en la Biblioteca John Carter Brown

Tuesday, May 17 at 4:00pm

New Acquisitions

Recent Acquisition on Commercial Bureaucracy in the Spanish Empire

June 29

Spanish Historical Writing about the New World

Spring - Summer 2011