04354cpcaa2200793 a 4500 mm 78031013 DLC 20260227111625.0 cr ||||||||||| 780803|||||||||||| eng mm 78031013 ms 70000955 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng fre ita spa C lcmd Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988. Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1966 (bulk 1500-1800). 300 items. 11 containers. 4 microfilm reels. 4 linear feet. Open to research. Letters, decrees, order books, reports, instructions, dispatches, printed material, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning the history and culture of colonial Spanish America including Florida and other territories now part of the U.S. Subjects include exploration of the New World; the government of New Spain, especially Mexico; the Catholic Church in Mexico and the administration of the Mexican Inquisition; taxation and economic conditions in the colonies; Spanish relations with Native Americans and the French; loss of portions of the Spanish empire to American expansion; and the New Laws of the Indies, 1542. Individuals represented in the collection include Lope de Aguirre, Antonio de Arredondo, Antonio de Calderón, Bartolomé de las Casas, Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo Diaz, members of the Gourgues family including Dominique de Gourgues, Diego de Landa, Antonio de Mendoza, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Simón Pereyns, Diego Quiroga y Losada, Pedro de Ursa͠, Luis de Velasco, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Amerigo Vespucci, and Juan de Zumárraga. Microfilm edition available, no. 14,833. Microfilm produced from the Collection of Spanish American documents of Hans Peter Kraus in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. Bookman, collector, and bibliophile. Died 1988. Collection material in English, Spanish, French, and Italian. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019 Aguirre, Lope de, -1561. Arredondo, Antonio de. Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566. Calderón, Antonio de. Céspedes Vallejo Diaz, Pedro de. Gourgues, Dominique de, 1530?-1593. Landa, Diego de, 1524-1579. Mendoza, Antonio de, 1492?-1552. Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century. Pereyns, Simón, -1589. Quiroga y Losada, Diego. Ursúa, Pedro de, 1526-1561. Velasco, Luis de, 1500?-1564. Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1485-1528. Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512. Zumárraga, Juan de, 1468-1548. Gourgues family. Catholic Church Mexico. Indians Legal status, laws, etc. New Spain. Indians, Treatment of New Spain. Inquisition Mexico. Taxation New Spain. America Discovery and exploration. Florida History. France Foreign relations Spain. Mexico Politics and government. New Spain Politics and government. North America History. Spain Colonies America. Spain Colonies America Economic policy. Spain Foreign relations France. Spain Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Spain. United States History. United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Collectors. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019.3 39943 39943