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Pérez de Villagrá: Historia de la Nueva México, 1610

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Pérez de Villagrá: Historia de la Nueva México, 1610
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Pérez de Villagrá, Gaspar. HISTORIA DE LA NUEVA MÉXICO, 1610. University of New Mexico Press. 1992. 4to, 367 pages; Hardcover; Maroon cloth, printed text; One of the first travel journals of its kind to be published, this epic poem about Juan de Oñate's entrada that led to the founding of Nueva México in 1598 (to become the state of New Mexico 314 years later) is full of the hopes and dreams of those who traveled with Oñate. Its thirty-four cantos have long been considered a key source for early New Mexico history and this bilingual Spanish/English version presents it as literature. Subject: History - Coinage - Mexico