Compendio geografico y breve descrcion del mundo : Dase Noticia De las partes, que le Componen, De sus principales Reynos, y Probincias , con Algunes Noticias Historicas, y un Resumen del Descubrimiento, y Conquistas de America

Name:

Estrada y Naba, Bernardo Pablo de

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1784

Description:

Manual of world geography, in the form of questions and answers. Folios 1, 139-140 are blank.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Purchased, 1950.

Subject:

Geography -- Early works to 1800; Geography; Discoveries in geography; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

142 leaves : paper; 204 x 153 (185 x 112) mm bound to 214 x 157 mm

Geographic Subject:

America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish; America; Spain -- History; Spain

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Estrada y Naba (or Nava) was "comisario ordenador de los reales exercitos, intendente de la Probincia de Valladolid, y corregidor de su capital" (f. 2r). He does not appear in Palau y Dulcet.; Title from caption title (f. 2r).; Spine title worn and hard to read.; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 142; [i], 1-138, [iii]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Binding: Contemporary parchment. Cover pulling away from book block at inside lower hinge. Stains on cover.; Origin: Written in Spain, 1784 (f. 2r).; Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 185