Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America: Comprising Yucatan, Chiapas, Guatemala (the Ruins of Palenque, Ocosingo, and Copan), and Oaxaca (Ruins of Mitla)Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
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Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America: Comprising Yucatan, Chiapas, Guatemala (the Ruins of Palenque, Ocosingo, and Copan), and Oaxaca (Ruins of Mitla)
Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
Central America -- Bibliography; Mayas -- Antiquities; Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- Bibliography
JUAN DE TORQUEMADA. (Important on organization and government, also
myths.)
ANTONIO DE HERRERA. (Very full and important.)
ANTONIO DE REMESAL. (Not as full on antiquities as might be expected.)
AUGUSTIN DE VETANCOURT. (Very slight mention.)
ENRICO MARTINEZ. (Casual mention.)
GIL GONZALEZ DÁVILA.
JUAN DIEZ DE LA CALLE.
FERNANDO DE ALBA IXTLILXOCHITL. "Relaciones históricas."--Of these,
the thirteenth, "De la Venida de los Españoles," is of particular
interest for Guatemala,--since it relates in detail Cortés' trip to
Honduras. The "Relaciones" are printed in full in Vol. IX. of Lord
Kingsborough's Collection,--the 13th however, was published under the
title of "Horribles Crueldades de los Conquistadores de México," as
appendix to Sahagun's "Hist-general," Vol. III., in 1829. From this,
M. Ternaux made a French translation, published by him in 1838, as
"Cruautés horribles des Conquérants du Méxique,"--in the first series
of his "Voyages et Mémoires originaux, &c."
"Historia de los Chichimecos, o' reyes antiguos de Tezcuco."--Casual
mention of Guatemala.--Published in Kingsborough, Vol. IX., and
translated by Ternaux and printed in French as "Histoire des
Chichiméques ou des anciens rois de Tezcuco," in 1840.--(2d
Series.)--Besides these, there are found references to Guatemala in
the "Sumaria Relacion, de los Toltecas." (Kingsb. IX.)--Ixtlilxochitl,
though full of details, is always a very suspicious source.--He is the
representative of _one tribe exclusively_.
FRANCISCO ANTONIO FUENTES Y GUZMAN. "Recordacion florida; Discurso
histórico, natural, material, militar, y político del reyno de
Guatemala." MS. of 1690. Original in the municipal archives of the
city of Guatemala. Copy at the "Museo Nacional."--Fuentes is like
Ixtlilxochitl--both have the same tendency to extol their native
tribes--still both must be carefully studied and critically
examined.--A publication of Fuentes, well and judiciously annotated,
would be highly useful.
FERNANDO ESPINO. "Historia de la reduccion y conversion de la
Provincia de Taguzgalpa, con la Vida de los tres Mártires."--Printed
at Guatemala, 1674.--Whether and where it still exists I do not know.
LIONEL WAFER. "A new Voyage and description of the Isthmus of
America."--London, 1699.
FRAY THOMAS GAGE. "New survey of the West Indies." (A work which is
looked upon with great suspicion, because the author, although he
evidently went to Guatemala from Mexico, misrepresents a great many
facts. Still he cannot be overlooked.)--This book appeared first prior
to 1676.--Robertson quotes an English edition of 1677, and that of
1699 is the fourth edition. There are French editions of 1676, 1694-5,
1699 1720, 1721. Dutch of 1682, 1700. German of 1693. Spanish,
1838.--Yet this list is evidently still incomplete, as further
material is out of my reach.
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