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Vargas Machuca, Bernardo de.
MILICIA Y DESCRIPCIÓN DE LAS INDIAS POR EL CAPITAN D. ..., VOLUMEN PRIMERO Y VOLUMEN SEGUNDO Colección de Libros Raros ó Curiosos que tratan de América, Tomo Noveno
Madrid, Libreria de Victoriano Suárez, 1892, 2 vols., 170; 255p. b/w plate, port., facs., illus., marbled endpapers, Quarter leather bound with raised bands and gold stamping, boards 17cm (some wear in spine and boards, ink marks., pp. vii to x partly detached, some chipping and foxing in pages, not affecting text, o/w very good copy) 2 volume set of the 19th century reprint of the work by Spanish soldier Vargas Machuca (b. Spain 1555- 1622) who fought against the last Indians of New Granada before becoming governor of Portobello and of the Island of Margarita and governor of the province of Antioquía, Cáceres and Zaragoza, in colonial Colombia. On his return to Spain in 1599 he wrote this account describing in detail military practices, Indian customs and ritual traditions, geography, flora and fauna and along his general observations of the Caribbean region
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