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Historia general de las conquistas del nuevo reyno de Granada

Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita

1688

Detail of a printed book shows branding marks ("marca de fuego") on the outer edges. Leather binding also partially visible.

Aqui comiença vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana,

Alonso de Molina

1555

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 a circular illustration and text in Spanish.

Suma de geographia...

Martin Fernandez de Enciso

1546

Detail of a hand colored manuscript map shows villages labeled in Spanish such as "Pueblo de S. Pablo" and "Pueblo de Huitziltzinco." Churches, trees, and bodies of water are also included in the map.

El presente mapa demuestra la cituacion, plano, y repartimiento, que en la actualidad tienen los arroyos, que bajan de Sierra Nevada…

Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros

1770

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 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

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

The Age of Spanish American Revolutions: Spanish South America

Spring - Fall 2011

people sailing in a boat, shark in the bottom right corner

Textual Afterlives: Generating Editions and Editing Generations of Americana

Spring 2019

Printers' Devils and Printers' Delights: The Book in Spanish America

Fall 2014 - Winter 2015

Image depicting an angel hovering over Mary and Jesus

Women of the Page: Convent Culture in the Early Modern Spanish World

Spring 2017

four people standing outside the gates of a church

JCB Board of Governors Visits Important Sites in Oaxaca

February 15, 2019

group of people seated around a table, engaged in conversation

Summer 2018 Fellows Collaborate and Converse

September 11, 2018

detail of a page from a Mexican incunable book printed between 1539 to 1600

In House

64 Mexican incunables and counting

May 5, 2018

photograph of Jaime Marroquin, assistant professor of Spanish at western Oregon university

Our Fellows

Jaime Marroquín, Associates Fellow

January 16, 2018