Rare Americana Relating to the American Indians, Vol. 1 PDF Download

Author: Wilberforce Eames
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484370257
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Excerpt from Rare Americana Relating to the American Indians, Vol. 1: Being a Portion Ofthe Library of Wilberforce Eames Franciscan who went to Mexico about 1529. In the capital city he was made a teacher to the young natives, his admi rable knowledge of the Nahuatl tongue being noted. The rest of his life was devoted to this service. He died at the age of ninety in 1590. Numerous valuable manuscripts were written by him, the most important being his General History Of New Spain. The valuable glossary, notes and introduction add greatly to the value of this book in the study of the ancient language of Mexico. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.