Comperization Project Of The Archivo General De Indias Seville Spain

Author : Charles E. Chapman
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ISBN 13 : 9781330527405
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (274 download)

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Download or read book Researches in Spain written by Charles E. Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Researches in Spain: Containing the Introduction to the Catalogue of Materials in the Archivo General De Indias for the History of the Pacific Coast and the American Southwest A. The wealth of the great archive at Seville. - In the words of a Spanish writer, "The history of [Spanish] America, so far as the documents are concerned, is preserved almost completely in Spain. The successive amputations of her American dominions which the mother country suffered have gone on increasing the wealth in documents, for, as her rule has come to an end, she has transported a great part of their archives... The most essential parts of these documents are contained in the Archivo General de Indias of Seville." While some may take exception to the above statement, on the ground that it is too sweeping, it is beyond question that the great Sevillian archive is practically inexhaustible in its wealth of materials on almost every conceivable subject in Spanish colonial administration and is the most valuable single archive on that field in existence. This is so in increasing measure, for laws have been passed and are gradually being executed for the transfer of materials relating to Spain's former colonies from their present repositories in Simancas and Madrid to the archive at Seville. It is true that vast quantities of rich materials have been found in the archives of Spanish American countries, and that they often contain local details of which no account was sent to Spain, but a single great repository, dealing with all of the former colonies, has a decided advantage as against the numerous, scattered archives of the Americas. Many colonial archives have indeed but scant remains of the wealth they once possessed, as a result of the removal of papers to Spain, or due to the yet greater disintegrating forces of foreign war, revolution, and lack of care. 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.