Bibframe Work
TitleHans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documentsTypeMixed MaterialCollectionMultimediaSubjectAguirre, Lope de, -1561 (LCSH)Arredondo, Antonio deCasas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566Calderón, Antonio deCéspedes Vallejo Diaz, Pedro deGourgues, Dominique de, 1530?-1593Landa, Diego de, 1524-1579Mendoza, Antonio de, approximately 1492-1552Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th centuryPereyns, Simón, -1589Quiroga y Losada, DiegoUrsúa, Pedro de, 1526-1561Velasco, Luis de, 1500?-1564Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1485-1528Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512Zumárraga, Juan de, 1468-1548Gourgues family (LCSH)Catholic Church--Mexico. (LCSH)Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.--New Spain. (LCSH)Indians, Treatment of--New Spain (LCSH)Inquisition--Mexico (LCSH)Taxation--New Spain (LCSH)America--Discovery and exploration (LCSH)Florida--History (LCSH)France--Foreign relations--Spain (LCSH)Mexico--Politics and government (LCSH)New Spain--Politics and government (LCSH)North America--History (LCSH)Spain--Colonies--America (LCSH)Spain--Colonies--America--Economic policy (LCSH)Spain--Foreign relations--France (LCSH)Spain--Foreign relations--United States (LCSH)United States--Foreign relations--Spain (LCSH)United States--History (LCSH)United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 (LCSH)Collectors. LanguageEnglishEnglish French Italian Spanish NoteLanguage: Collection material in English, Spanish, French, and Italian.SummaryLetters, decrees, order books, reports, instructions, dispatches, printed material, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning the history and culture of colonial Spanish America including Florida and other territories now part of the United States. Subjects include exploration of the New World; the government of New Spain, especially Mexico; the Catholic Church in Mexico and the administration of the Mexican Inquisition; taxation and economic conditions in the colonies; Spanish relations with Native Americans and the French; loss of portions of the Spanish empire to American expansion; and the New Laws of the Indies, 1542.Individuals represented in the collection include Lope de Aguirre, Antonio de Arredondo, Antonio de Calderón, Bartolomé de las Casas, Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo Diaz, members of the Gourgues family including Dominique de Gourgues, Diego de Landa, Antonio de Mendoza, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Simón Pereyns, Diego Quiroga y Losada, Pedro de Ursa︢, Luis de Velasco, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Amerigo Vespucci, and Juan de Zumárraga.Origin Date(s)1433-1966 (bulk 1500-1800) Authorized Access PointKraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988 Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documentsCollection ArrangementCollection Organization: Arranged in two series. Series 1: Spanish American Documents, 1433-1877; and Series 2: Miscellany, 1938-1966.