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The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century

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The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)

Name: The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)
Author: Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century

Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century

America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish; America -- Early accounts to 1600; Argentina -- History -- To 1810; Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- History; Indians of South America; Mendoza, Pedro de, 1487?-1537; Paraguay -- History -- To 1811; Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)

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  original as printed; therefore, numerous inconsistencies in spelling,
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  spelling changes listed in the Corrigenda have been made in this
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                          WORKS ISSUED BY

                        The Hakluyt Society.

                           THE CONQUEST

                                OF

                          THE RIVER PLATE.

                  FIRST SERIES. NO. LXXXI-MDCCCXCI

                           THE CONQUEST

                                OF

                          THE RIVER PLATE

                            (1535-1555).

                                I.

              VOYAGE OF ULRICH SCHMIDT TO THE RIVERS LA
                        PLATA AND PARAGUAI.

              _FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN EDITION, 1567._

                               II.

               THE COMMENTARIES OF ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA
                            DE VACA.

             _FROM THE ORIGINAL SPANISH EDITION, 1555._

                TRANSLATED FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

                  With Notes and an Introduction,

                               BY

                       LUIS L. DOMINGUEZ,

MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, CORRESPONDING MEMBER
   OF THE ARGENTINE GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE AND OF THE ROYAL SPANISH
                      ACADEMY OF HISTORY.

                   BURT FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER
                      NEW YORK, NEW YORK

                         Published by
                        BURT FRANKLIN
                     514 West 113th Street
                       New York 25, N. Y.

           ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY

                    REPRINTED BY PERMISSION

                     PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

                           COUNCIL
                             OF
                     THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

  CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, Esq., C.B., F.R.S., President.

  Major-General Sir HENRY RAWLINSON, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.
  Associé Étranger de L'Institut de France, Vice-President.

  Lord ABERDARE, G.C.B., F.R.S., late Pres. R.G.S.

  JOHN BARROW, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

  WALTER DE GRAY BIRCH, Esq., F.S.A.

  Rear-Admiral LINDESAY BRINE.

  ROBERT BROWN, Esq., M.A., Ph.D.

  The Right Hon. Sir MOUNTSTUART E. GRANT DUFF, G.C.S.I.

  ALBERT GRAY, Esq.

  R. H. MAJOR, Esq., F.S.A.

  E. A. PETHERICK, Esq.

  Admiral Sir F. W. RICHARDS, K.C.B.

  Lord ARTHUR RUSSELL.

  ERNEST SATOW, Esq., C.M.G., Minister Resident in Uruguay.

  S. W. SILVER, Esq.

  COUTTS TROTTER, Esq.

  Prof. E. B. TYLOR, D.C.L.

  Sir CHARLES WILSON, R.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S., D.C.L., and LL.D.

  E. DELMAR MORGAN, Honorary Secretary.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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  INTRODUCTION                                                      xiii

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The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)

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